Ermington, Devon

Description
Ermington, a village, a parish, and a hundred in Devonshire. The village stands on a bold eminence, contiguous to the river Erme, 2 miles NW of Modbury, and 2| S of Ivy-bridge station on the G.W.R., was formerly a place of some importance, with a weekly market, and has a fair 24 June. There is a post and telegraph office under Ivy Bridge; money order office, Modbury. The parish also includes part of Ivy Bridge, and is in Plympton St Mary district. Acreage, 10,211; population of the civil parish, 2327; of the ecclesiastical, with Kingston, 1213. A charming lane runs from the village to Ivy Bridge. A meteoric stone, weighing 23 Ibs., fell at Stratchleigh in 1623. A decrease of population occurred prior to 1851, from the closing of two woollen factories, and an increase thence till 1861 arose from the effect of railway communication. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Kingston, in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £337 with residence. Patron, the Crown. A sinecure rectory is attached; value, £500. The church is Later English, consists of nave, chancel, aisles, and transepts, with a leaning spire, and contains portions of an old screen and sedilia, and several old monuments. There is a Wesleyan chapel.