Templeton, Devon, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

TEMPLETON (St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Tiverton, hundred of Witheridge, Collumpton and N. divisions of Devon, 5 miles (W. by N.) from Tiverton. This parish belonged to the Knights Templars, and afterwards to the Hospitallers of St. John. It is intersected by the old road from Tiverton to Witheridge, and comprises 1588 acres, of which 129 are common or waste.<ref>Lewis,Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51252 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 1-4.</ref>