GENUKI/Devon: Gittisham

GITTISHAM

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

"GITTISHAM, a parish in the hundred of East Budleigh, county Devon, 2 miles S.W. of Honiton, its post town, and 4 N.E. of Ottery St. Mary. It is situated on the turnpike road from London to Exeter. The river Otter flows through the neighbourhood. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £313. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Exeter, value £475. The church is an ancient stone edifice containing a handsome monument to the Beaumont family and one to Sir Thomas Putt. The charities are Beaumont's and Putt's, the first producing about £140, and the latter £10. There is a free school. The principal residence is Croombe, an old seat of the Putt family. "

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