ASHCOMBE, a parish in the hundred of EXMINSTER,
county of DEVON, 3 miles (E.) from Chudleigh,
containing 283 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter, rated in the
king's books at £ 18, and in the patronage of the Crown.
Here are two charity schools, one of which has an
endowment of £3 per annum, and the other is supported
by subscription.