BRIDFORD, a parish in the hundred of WONFORD,
county of DEVON, 4 miles (E. by N.) from Moreton-
Hampstead, containing 491 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter,
rated in the king's books at £13. 15., and in the patronage
of Sir L. V. Palk, Bart. The church, dedicated
to St. Thomas a Becket, has an elegant rood-loft and
screen, and a richly carved pulpit.