Compton Gifford, Devon

Description
Compton-Gifford, a village, a tithing, and a parish adjoining Plymouth, in Devonshire. The tithing is governed by a board of nine members. It includes the village of Compton, and the suburban districts of Mannamead, Mutley, and Hyde-Park, comprising a number of fine residences, and has two post offices, of the name of Compton and Mutley, under Plymouth, the latter being the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 642; population, 3264. The Plymouth, Stonehouse, and Devonport Cemetery, established in 1846, comprising 18 acres, and containing two chapels, both in the Decorated style of architecture, is in the parish. The new South Devon militia depot also is here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter; value, £400 with residence. Emmanuel Church, at Mannamead, is a fine building in the Decorated style. A tower was erected in 1894.