EXTON, a parish in the hundred of WILLITON-and-FREEMANNERS,
county of SOMERSET, 4 miles (N.
byE.) from Dulverton, containing 301 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Taunton,
and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's
books at £14. 12. 11. J. Everard, and J. Jeffery, Esqrs.
were patrons in 1822. The church is dedicated to
St. Peter. The village stands on an eminence overlooking
the river Exe, from which it derives its name.