Description
Rackenford, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands 8 1/2 miles NW by W of Tiverton station on the G.W.R.,and has a post and money order office undw Morchard Bishop; telegraph office, Witheridge. It is an ancient place, formerly called Kackineford, and described as a borough, was once a market-town, and has a fair on 8 July. Acreage of parish, 4011; population, 289. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £250 with residence. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower. There is a Bible Christian chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
