CHAWLEY, a parish in the hundred of NORTH-TAWTON-with-WINKLEY,
county of DEVON, 2 miles
(S.E. byE.) from Chulmleigh, .containing 792 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Barnstaple, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the
king's books at £25. 14. 2., and in the patronage of
the Hon. N. Fellowes. The church, dedicated to St.
James, has a low steeple covered with oak shingles, and
contains some elegant screen work. A charity school
is liberally supported by subscription. Fairs for cattle
are held May 6th and December llth.