Harberton

from

A Topographical Dictionary of England

by

 Samuel Lewis (1831)

Transcript copyright Mel Lockie (Sep 2016)

HARBERTON,a parish in the hundred of COLERIDGE, county of DEVON, 2 miles (S. W. by W.) from Totness, containing 1425 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Halwell annexed, in the archdeaconry of Totness, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £49. 2. 1., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church dedicated to St. Andrew, contains a very rich stone pulpit and three stone stalls, and has lately received an addition of two hundred and seventy sittings, of which two hundred and thirty-three are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £100 towards defraying the expense. There is a place of worship for Baptists. Henry Wyse, in 1733, erected almshouses for ten poor persons. There was formerly an endowed chapel at Washbourn in this parish.