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Kentisbeare
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A Topographical Dictionary of England
by
Samuel Lewis (1831)
Transcript copyright Mel Lockie (Sep 2016)
KENTISBERE, a parish in the hundred of HAYRIDGE, county of DEVON, 3¾ miles (E. by N.) from Cullompton, containing, with the parish of Blackborough, 1143 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £27. 18. 11½., and in the patronage of the Wyndham family. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a fine wooden screen and rood-loft.