In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lustleigh like this:
LUSTLEIGH, a village and a parish in NewtonAbbot district, Devon. The village stands near the Moreton-Hampstead railway, 4 miles SSE of MoretonHampstead; and has a post office under Newton-Abbot,and railway station. The parish comprises 2,939 acres; of which 654 are common. Real property, £2,024. ...
Pop., 322. Houses, 61. The property is divided among a few. The surface exhibits much picturesque and romantic scenery, and has many fine rocks and crags. Lustleigh Cleave is a widely secluded vale, flanked by hills which almost hide it from the search of travellers, and overhung by crags of fantastic form. One of the crags looks like a ruined edifice, is covered with ivy, and bears the name of Raven's Tower; and another has a shattered character, is a retreat of foxes, and bears the name of Foxes' Yard. There are some Druidical remains, and a logan stone. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £200.* Patron, the Rev. F. Ensor. The church is old but good; contains a carved oak screen, a Norman font, and monuments of the Dinhams of the time Edward II. or Edward III.; and has, at the threshold of its S porch, an inscribed stone of the RomanoBritish period. There are a Baptist chapel and a parochial school.
Lustleigh through time
Lustleigh is now part of Teignbridge district. Click here for graphs and data of how Teignbridge has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lustleigh itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lustleigh, in Teignbridge and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4203
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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