Newton Poppleford

from

A Topographical Dictionary of England

by

 Samuel Lewis (1831)

Transcript copyright Mel Lockie (Sep 2016)

NEWTON-POPPLEFORD, a chapelry in the parish of AYLESBEAR, eastern division of the hundred of BUDLEIGH, county of DEVON, 3¾ miles (N. W. by W.) from Sidmouth, containing 481 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Aylesbear, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter, endowed with £600 royal bounty. The chapel, dedicated to St. Luke, was originally founded as a chantry by Edward III., about 1330; it has lately received an addition of one hundred and twenty free sittings, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £75 towards defraying the expense. In the neighbourhood is Woodbury castle, occupying the brow of a considerable eminence; it is deeply intrenched, and within its enclosure are the remains of a building from which visitors could enjoy a magnificent view over the Ex, and the vale, to Exeter, Honiton, &c., and the sea.