Description
Worlington, West, an ecclesiastical parish in Devonshire, united to East Worlington for civil purposes, 4 1/2 miles NE of Lapford station on the L. & S.W.R., and 5 1/2 E of Chulmleigh. Post town, Morchard Bishop. Population, 195. The manor belongs to the baronet family of Stucley. Remains exist of an ancient castle of the Affetons, and in 1868 it was restored by Sir G. S. Stucley, and is used as a shooting box. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £120 with residence. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Early English style, and was restored in 1881.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
