MORELEIGH

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

"MORELEIGH, (or Morley), a parish in the hundred of Stanborough, county Devon, 6 miles S.W. of Totnes, its post town, and the same distance from the Kingsbridge Road railway station. The village, which is of small extent, is situated near the river Avon, and is wholly agricultural. Petty sessions are held at the "New Inn" monthly. The soil is of a clayey nature. It was formerly a market town, and had an annual fair, both of which have long been discontinued. Within the parish is Stanborough, the site of an ancient fort, from which the hundred is named. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Exeter, value £160. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a stone structure. There is a place of worship for the Independents. The Parker family takes from this place the title of Earl.