ANSTEY (WEST), a parish in the hundred of
SOUTH-MOLTON, county of DEVON, 3 miles (W.) from
Dulverton, containing 220 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Barnstap1.e,
and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at
£10.16. 8., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter
of Exeter. The church is dedicated to St. Petrock.
Here is an unendowed almshouse for the reception of
the aged and-infirm poor.