In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newton St Cyres like this:
NEWTON-ST. CYRES, a village and a parish in Crediton district, Devon. The village stands on the river Creedy, adjacent to the Exeter and North Devon railway, 4½ miles N W of Exeter; contains several genteel residences; and has a station on the railway, a post-office under Exeter, and a fair on the Monday before Mid-summer day. ...
The parish includes the tythings of Ford, Norton, and Smallbrook. Acres, with Sherwood-Villa extra-parochial tract, 4, 305. Real property of N., St. C.alone, £7, 679. Pop., 1,083. Houses, 239. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged once to Plympton priory; and has belonged, since the time of Elizabeth, to the family of Quicke. Newton House is the manorial mansion. A mansion of the Northcote family also was in the parish, but is now a farm-house. Ores of iron, lead, and manganese exist; and several mines were formerly worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £351.* Patron, J. Quicke, Esq. The church stands on an eminence, commanding fine views; was built about the13th century, and restored in 1831; and contains monuments of the Northcotes, the Quickes, and others. There are a national school, and charities £8.
Newton St Cyres through time
Newton St Cyres is now part of Mid Devon district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mid Devon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newton St Cyres itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newton St Cyres in Mid Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5939
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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