In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Meeth like this:
MEETH, a parish in Okehampton parish, Devon; at the confluence of the rivers Okement and Torridge, 3 miles N by E of Hatherleigh, and 9 NNW of Okehampton r. station. Post town, Hatherleigh, North Devon. Acres, 2,479. Real property, £1,862. Pop. in 1851, 333; in 1861,287. Houses, 60. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. ...
Value, £237. Patron, the Rev. F. D. Lempriere. The church is ancient; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and contains a monument to Lempriere, the lexicographer, who was rector. There are a national school, and charities £5.
Meeth through time
Meeth is now part of West Devon district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Devon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Meeth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Meeth in West Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1867
Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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