Cookbury (St. John The Baptist)
COOKBURY (St. John The Baptist), a parish, in the union of Holsworthy, hundred of Black Torrington, Holsworthy and N. divisions of Devon, 4¾ miles (E. N. E.) from Holsworthy; containing 301 inhabitants. The parish comprises 1833 acres, of which 1083 are common or waste. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Milton-Damerell.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.