HEMYOCK, a parish in the hundred of HEMYOCK,
county of DEVON, 5 miles (S.) from Wellington, containing
1159 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter, rated in the
king's books at £32. 0. 7. Mrs. Hutton was patroness
in 1817. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.
Here are the remains of an ancient castle, .which is said
to have been garrisoned by the .parliamentary forces
during the civil war: the east entrance has a pointed
door-way, and there are the relics of five .towers. A
school was endowed by Mrs. Waldron, in 1749, for
teaching five poor children to read. At the northern
extremity of the parish is a large cairn, called Simon's,
barrow.