Silverton, Devon

Description
Silverton, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands between the rivers Exe and Culm, 7 1/2 miles NNE of Exeter, with a station on the G.W.R., 182 miles from London, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Cullompton. It was, during four days in 1645, the headquarters of Fairfax, suffered much devastation by fire in 1837, and was once a market-town. There are some large paper-mills in the parish. The parish comprises 4729 acres; population, 1225. There is a parish council consisting of eleven members. The manor was held by Edward the Confessor, afterwards by the Wadhams, the last of whom, Nicholas, together with his wife, founded in 1613 Wadham College, Oxford. From the Wadhams it descended to the Wyndham family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £950 with residence. The church was built in the 15th century, and enlarged in 1862. In the churchyard are the remains of an old cross. There is also a Wesleyan chapel.