Meeth, Devon, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

MEETH (St. John the Baptist), a '''parish''', in the union of Oakhampton, hundred of Shebbear, Black Torrington and Shebbear, and N. divisions of Devon, 3 miles (N. by E.) from Hatherleigh. The church contains a marble monument to Dr. Lempriere, author of the Classical Dictionary and other works, who died in 1824.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51141 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 280-283.</ref>