Poltimore, Devon

Description
Poltimore, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands near the river Clist, 2 miles from Stoke Canon station on the G.W.R., and 4 NE of Exeter, and has a post office under Exeter; money order and telegraph office, Broad-Clyst. The parish contains also the hamlet of Rattisloe, and comprises 1740 acres; population of the civil parish, 361; of the ecclesiastical, with Huxham, 472. There is a parish council consisting of seven members and a chairman. The manor came early into possession of the Bampfyldes, and belongs now to their representative Lord Poltimore. Poltimore House is Lord Poltimore's seat, and was garrisoned in 1645 by Sir Thomas Fairfax. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Huxham, in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £288 with residence. Patron, Lord Poltimore. The church was built before 1390 by John Bampfylde, is Decorated English, consists of nave, aisle, transepts, and chancel, with a tower, and contains a carved screen and monuments ef the Bampfyldes.