MARIANSLEIGH

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

"MARIANSLEIGH, (or Mariensleigh), a parish in the hundred of Witheridge, county Devon, 3 miles S.E. of South Molton, its post town. It is a small agricultural village, situated near the river Mole. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £165. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Exeter, value £120, in the patronage of the trustees of Davey's Charity. The church is a neat edifice, dedicated to St. Mary. The parochial charities produce about .£8 per annum. There is a National school.