Description
Huntshaw, a parish in Devonshire, 3 miles NNE of Great Torrington, and 5 ESE of Bideford station on the L. & S.W.E. It has a post ofiice under Torrington; money order and telegraph office, Torrington. Acreage, 2082; population, 161. The manor belonged in the time of Henry III. to Henry Fitz-Reginald, passed to the Champernowns and the Wellingtons, and belongs now to Lord Clinton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; value, £170 with residence. Patron, Lord Clinton. The church is ancient, and consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with porch and tower.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
