Monkton (St. Mary Magdalene)
MONKTON (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union of Honiton, hundred of Colyton, Honiton and S. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (N. E. by N.) from Honiton; containing 141 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed, with that of Shute, to the vicarage of Colyton: the tithes of Monkton have been commuted for £80 payable to the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, and £60 to the incumbent.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.