ROUSDON

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

"ROOSDOWN, (or Rousdon St. Pancras), an extra parochial liberty, though locally in the parish of Axminster, county Devon, 4 miles S. of Axminster, and 3 S.W. of Lyme-Regis. It is situated on the English Channel, and was formerly a separate parish. Its ancient name was Ralphdown, so called from its owner, Ralph de Down, in the reign of Henry II. There is no village, and only one house. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter, value £35. The church has long been in ruins. "