Boyton

"BOYTON, a parish in the hundred of Stratton, in the county of Cornwall, extending also into the hundred of Black Torrington, in the county of Devon, 5 miles to the N. of Launceston, its post town. It is situated on the banks of the river Tamar, here forming the boundary of the two counties, and the Bude and Launceston canal; and includes the hamlet of Northcott. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Exeter, worth £120, in the patronage of the Rev. G. Prideaux. Bearden House, the old seat of the Lovice family, and Bradridge, that of the Hoblyns, are now farmhouses. Agnes Rest, one of the martyrs under Queen Mary, was an inhabitant of Northcott. A fair is held in the village on the 5th August."

"BEARDON, a village in the parish of Boyton and hundred of Stratton, in the county of Cornwall, 5 miles from Launceston."