Tavy (St. Mary)
TAVY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Tavistock, hundred of Lifton, Tavistock and S. divisions of Devon, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Tavistock; containing 1552 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Plymouth to Barnstaple, through Tavistock and Oakhampton; and comprises about 1143 acres, exclusively of the glebe and of waste land. A lead and a copper mine are in operation, employing together 627 hands. The river Tavy runs through the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £14. 5. 7½., and in the gift of John Buller, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £207. 10., and there are about 30 acres of glebe land, independently of a field of 8 acres which has been rendered waste by mining operations. The church is partly in the later English style, and contains the staircase to the ancient rood-loft. Here are two places of worship for Wesleyans. Tungstate of lime has been found among other geological curiosities.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.