East Allington

from

A Topographical Dictionary of England

by

 Samuel Lewis (1831)

Transcript copyright Mel Lockie (Sep 2016)

ALLINGTON (EAST), a parish in the hundred of STANBOROUGH, county of DEVON, 3½ miles (N. E. by N.) from Kingsbridge, containing 615 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Totness, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £32. 2.1., and in the patronage of William Fortescue, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, contains a wooden screen, which, with the pulpit, is much enriched with carved work.