St Giles in the Wood, Devon

Description
Giles, St, -in-the-Wood, or Stow-St-Giles, a parish in Devonshire, 3 miles E by S of Great Torrington, and 6 WSW of Umberleigh station on the L. & S.W.R. Post office under , Torrington; money order and telegraph office, Torrington. Acreage, 5014; population, 778. Stevenstone, the family mansion of the Rolle family, is a fine building of stone, standing in a park of 300 acres; it was rebuilt in 1872. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £130 with residence. Patrons, the heirs of Lord Eolle. The church is ancient but good, has a tower, and contains many monuments of the Eolles and the Holes; it was well restored in 1862. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels. Tristram Risdon, the historian of Devon, was bom at Win-scott in the parish, and is buried in the church.