Yarnscombe (St. Andrew)

YARNSCOMBE (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Torrington, hundred of Hartland, Great Torrington and N. divisions of Devon, 6 miles (N. E. by E.) from Torrington; containing 512 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £7. 11. 11., and in the gift of the Crown; impropriators, the Rolle family. The great tithes have been commuted for £150, and the vicarial for £135; the glebe comprises 24 acres. The church has a very old monument of granite; the inscription is illegible.