Stokenham (St. Barnabas)

STOKENHAM (St. Barnabas), a parish, in the union of Kingsbridge, hundred of Coleridge, Stanborough and Coleridge, and S. divisions of Devon, 5¼ miles (E. by S.) from Kingsbridge) containing 1619 inhabitants. It comprises 5225 acres, of which 275 are common or waste. The living is a vicarage, with the livings of Chivelstone and Sherford annexed, valued in the king's books at £48. 7. 8½ and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £625; impropriator, A. H. Holdsworth, Esq. The great tithes of Stokenham have been commuted for £311, and the small for £360; there is a vicarial glebe of one acre. The church has an ancient wooden screen, and contains memorials to several families. The manor of Stokenham-Priory belonged to Sir Gregory Norton, one of the regicides.