Spreyton, Devon Genealogy: Difference between revisions

SPREYTON (St. Michael), a '''parish''', in the union of Oakhampton, hundred of Wonford, Crockernwell and S. divisions of Devon, 8 miles (E. by N.) from Oakhampton. The church has a good tower of granite; and on the timber roof of the chancel are an inscription and several Latin verses, in which Henry Talbot is named as lord of Spreyton, and a benefactor to the church, in 1452.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51292&amp;strquery=spreyton ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 159-164.</ref>