Sheldon (St. James)
SHELDON (St. James), a parish, in the union of Honiton, hundred of Hayridge, Cullompton and N. divisions of Devon, 7 miles (E. by N.) from Cullompton; containing 190 inhabitants. It comprises 1570 acres, of which 292 are common or waste land. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Miles family, with a net income of £250: the tithes have been commuted for £140; there are two acres of glebe.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.