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LAPFORD

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

"LAPFORD, a parish in the hundred of North Tawton, county Devon, 9 miles N.W. of Crediton, its post town, and 5 S.E. of Chulmleigh. It is a station on the Great Western railway. The village, which is small, is situated on the river Taw, and is wholly agricultural. The soil is poor, resting on a subsoil of clay slate. Serges were formerly manufactured to a considerable extent, but in 1820 the factory was taken down. Bury Barton House, late the seat of Admiral Bury, is now a farmhouse. Stone is quarried. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter, value £600. The church, dedicated to St. Thomas-a-Becket, is a stone edifice with a square tower containing six bells. It contains a carved oak screen. The parochial charities produce about £1 per annum. The Independents and Bible Christians have each a chapel. An annual fair is held on the second Monday in July for cattle and sheep."

Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003