Plymtree (St. John the Baptist)
PLYMTREE (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Honiton, hundred of Hayridge, Cullompton and N. divisions of Devon, 3¾ miles (S. E. by S.) from Cullompton; containing 439 inhabitants. It lies between the Cullompton and Exeter, and the Cullompton and Honiton, roads. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £21. 18. 1½.; net income, £285; patrons, the Provost and Fellows of Oriel College, Oxford. The church has an elegant gilt wooden screen, and an octagonal stone font.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.