Sydenham-Damarel, or South Sydenham (St. Mary)

SYDENHAM-DAMAREL, or South Sydenham (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Tavistock, hundred of Lifton, Lifton and Southern divisions of Devon, 5 miles (W. by N.) from Tavistock; containing 369 inhabitants. The parish is separated from Cornwall by the river Tamar, and its northern extremity is crossed by the Tavistock and Launceston road. It comprises between 1000 and 1100 acres; the surface is hilly, and the soil in general a light earth. A mine of lead and copper was opened a few years since; slate is quarried, and also stone for building and for road-making. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10. 6. 8., and in the gift of John Carpenter, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £165, and there is a parsonage-house, with a glebe of about 80 acres. The church is a small handsome edifice.