Bratton Fleming, Devon

Description
Bratton-Fleming, a parish in Devonshire, on an affluent of the river Taw, 7 miles NE of Barnstaple station on the G.W.R. and L. & S.W.R. It has a post and telegraph office under Barnstaple, which is the money order office. Acreage, 5893; population, 499. The manor belonged anciently to the Fleming family, passed to the Dillons, and belongs now to the Chichester family. Part of the surface is hilly. Six standing-stones occur at Nightascott, and are supposed to have been part of a Druidical circle. A fair is held on 19 August. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £538 with residence. Patron, Caius College, Cambridge. The church is Perpendicular English; consists of nave, chancel, and north aisle, with a tower; and was restored in 1861. There are also a small Baptist chapel, and one for Bible Christians.