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| | Staverton |
 | | STAVERTON is a parish and large village in Totnes union, containing, by the census of 1861, 949 inhabitants, and 5356 acres; in the deanery of Ipplepen, archdeaconry of Totnes, diocese of Exeter, hundred of Haytor, East Devonshire, on the north bank of the River Dart, 3½ miles north from Totnes. |
 | | The Dean and Chapter are lords of the manor of Staverton, and owners of the greater portion of the parish; John Maye, Esq., is lord of the manor of Barkington, and Lord Cranstoun is lord of the manor of Pridhamsleigh. |
 | | The living is a vicarage, valued at £100 per annum, £75 being paid by the Dean and Chapter of Exeter as appropriators, and £25 by the vicar of Staverton; it is in the incumbency of the Rev. Thomas Inglis Stewart, M.A., and the patronage of the vicar. |
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