BERRYN-ARBOR, a parish in the hundred of
BRAUNTON, county of DEVON, 2 miles (B. by S.) from
Ilfracombe, containing 648 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and
diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at
£34. 15. 10., and in the patronage of the Bishop of
Exeter and others. The church is dedicated to St.
Peter. Bishop Jewell, celebrated for his controversy in
support of the Protestant faith, was born here, in 1522.