Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LUPPITT

LUPPITT, a village and a parish in Honiton district, Devon. The village stands 2 miles W of the river Otter, and 4 NNE of Honiton r. station; and has a post office, under Honiton. The parish includes the tything of Shapcombe, and comprises 4,293 acres. Real property, £5,052. Pop., 714. Houses, 153. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged anciently to the Mohuns and the Carews, and bears the name of Mohun'sOttery. The ancient manor-house became a farm-house, was destroyed by fire in 1847, and is now represented by three entrance-arches, with some beautiful carving. A monastery stood anciently on a low site within the parish, and was dissolved by William de Mohun, at his founding of the abbey of Newnham. The name Luppitt was anciently written Love-pit, and is supposed to allude to the site of the monastery. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £121.* Patron, Mrs. Bernard. The church is ancient, in fair condition; consists of nave, transepts, and chancel, with porch and tower; and contains monuments of the Carews. Charities, £5.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Luppitt CP/AP       Honiton RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place names: LOVE PIT     |     LUPPITT
Place: Luppitt

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