Ashwater, 7 miles S.E. by S. of Holsworthy, is a large village and parish in Holsworthy union, county court district and deanery, Holsworthy petty sessional division, South division of the county, Black Torrington hundred, and Barnstaple archdeaconry. Its parish had 849 inhabitants (451 males, 398 females) in 1871, living in 168 houses on 8587 acres of land, and includes the hamlet of Quoditch, 2 miles east of the village. Miss Mary Preston is lady of the manor of Ashwater; Lady Molesworth, lady of Hunscott manor, and owner of Henford Barton; and W. B. Coham, Esq. owns the manor of Greenworthy.
