Church Stanton, Devon

Description
Church-Stanton, a parish in Devonshire, on the verge of the county, on the Black Down Hills, 5 miles from Hemyock station on the G.W.R., and 8 from Taunton. It is divided into the portions of Churchingford, Burnworthy, Red Lane, and Stapley, and it contains the post office of Churchingford under Honiton; telegraph office, Hem-yock railway station. Acreage, 5436; population, 672. Otterhead, an Early Tudor mansion, is a seat in the neighbourhood. Very fine iron ore exists, and appears, from many remains of works, to have been anciently smelted. Numerous barrows and indications of Roman works are seen. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; value, £344. The church is ancient, consists of nave, chancel, south aisle, and western tower, and contains a carved oak pulpit and a very ancient font. There are small Baptist and Wesleyan chapels. Salkeld, a theological writer of the time of James II., was rector.