Description
Cheriton Bishop, a parish in Devonshire, 4 miles from Yeoford station on the L. & S.W.R., and 10 W of Exeter. It includes the hamlet of Cheriton Cross and part of the village of Crockernwell, and has a post office under Exeter ; money order office, Dunsford; telegraph office, Yeoford railway station. Acreage, 4940 ; population, 560. The manor belonged formerly to the bishops of Exeter. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter ; value, £324. Patron, the" Bishop of Exeter. The church is Perpendicular English, and consists of nave, north aisle, south porch, and chancel, with a square tower. It was restored in 1884. A pleasure fair is held annually on Wednesday in Whitsun week. Ben-bridge House is a chief residence.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
