Diptford

from

A Topographical Dictionary of England

by

 Samuel Lewis (1831)

Transcript copyright Mel Lockie (Sep 2016)

DIPTFORD, a parish in the hundred of STANBOROUGH,county of DEVON, 5¾ miles (W. S. W.) fromTotness, containing 653 inhabitants. The living is arectory, in the archdeaconry of Totness, and diocese ofExeter, rated in the king's books at £29. 2. 1. MissTaylor was patroness in 1817. The church is dedicatedto St. Mary.