Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GILES' (St.) IN-THE-WOOD, or Stow-St-Giles

GILES' (St.) IN-THE-WOOD, or Stow-St-Giles, a parish in Torrington district, Devon; 3 miles E by S of Great Torrington, and 6 WSW of Umberleigh r. station. Post town, Torrington, North Devon. Acres, 4, 827. Real property, £3, 671. Pop., 962. Houses, 192. The property is divided among a few. Stevenstone was the seat of the late Lord Rolle; and Winscott was the seat of the Barrys, and passed to the Hoopers. The living is a vicarage under Great Torrington, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £130.* Patrons, the Heirs of Lord Rolle. The church is ancient but good; has a tower; and contains many monuments of the Rolles and the Holes. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, and charities £16.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Torrington RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place: St Giles in the Wood

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