GENUKI/Devon: Bridford

BRIDFORD

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)]

"BRIDFORD, a parish in the hundred of Wonford, in the county of Devon, 4 miles to the E. of Moreton Hampstead. Chudleigh is its post town. It is situated in a hilly and wooded district, with picturesque scenery, near the river Teign, a branch of which runs through the parish. The principal hills are Coldston Down and Helter Rock. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Exeter, of the value of £305, in the patronage of Sir L. V. Palk, Bart. The church possesses a screen, a rood-loft, and a carved pulpit, and is dedicated to St. Thomas-a-Becket. The parochial charities amount to £3 a year."

Note: The information provided by GENUKI must not be used for commercial purposes, and all specific restrictions concerning usage, copyright notices, etc., that are to be found on individual information pages within GENUKI must be strictly adhered to. Violation of these rules could gravely harm the cooperation that GENUKI is obtaining from many information providers, and hence threaten its whole future.