Roosdown

ROOSDOWN, an extra-parochial liberty, locally in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and S. divisions of Devon, 3¼ miles (W. S. W.) from Lyme-Regis; containing 5 inhabitants. This place, which was formerly a parish, was anciently called Ralphdown, from its owner, Ralph de Downe, in the reign of Henry II. The liberty comprises 254 acres. It still has an incumbency, a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £2. 10. 10.; net income, £35; patron, R. Bartlett, Esq. The church is dilapidated.