Poughill (St. Mary)

POUGHILL (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Credition, hundred of West Budleigh, Crediton and N. divisions of Devon, 7 miles (N. by E.) from Crediton; containing 361 inhabitants. The parish comprises by measurement 1662 acres, chiefly arable land; 97 acres are common or waste. The surface is undulated, and the soil in some parts very good, but in others poor and thin, covering a red-sandstone used for building. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £8. 17. 8½., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £221. Here was formerly a chantry chapel, dedicated to St. John the Baptist.