Description
Clayhanger or Cleyhanger, a parish in Devonshire, at the boundary with Somerset, 4 1/2 miles E by N of Bampton, and 1 1/2 mile from Venn Cross station on the G.W.R. It has a post office under Bampton (R.S.O.); money order office,. Ashbrittle. Acreage, 2120 ; population, 213. There was a preceptory of the Knights Templars. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; value, £275. The church is a very ancient edifice, of nave and chancel, with large western tower, and has carved oaken seats and a carved screen.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
