KENTISBURY, a parish, in the hundred of BRAUNTON,
county of DEVON, 8 miles (E. by S.) from Ilfracombe,
containing 307 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and diocese
of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £ 12. 10. 7.
Mr. and Mrs. Sweet were patrons in 1776. There is a
place of worship for Baptists. Mary Jones; in 1783, gave
a small rent-charge for the instruction of children.