Description
Newton Ferrers, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands on a creek of the river Yealm, 1 1/2 mile from the river's mouth, 9 miles from Plymouth station on the G.W.R., and is a scattered place, amid beautiful environs. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Plymouth. Acreage of parish, 3327; population, 710. Gnaton Hall was long the seat of the Hele family, and was rebuilt about 1832. Puslinch House is also a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £440 with residence. The church is very old; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with embattled tower; and contains monuments of The Potters and the Yonges.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
