LODDISWELL, a parish in the hundred of STANBOROUGH,
county of DEVON, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from
Kingsbridge, containing 762 inhabitants. The living is
a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Totness, and diocese
of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £26. 0. 2.
Francis Freke Gunston, Esq. was patron in 1824. The
church is dedicated to St. Michael. In 1728, R. Phillips
bequeathed a house and lands for the benefit of the
poor of this parish, the produce of which is annually
distributed over the tomb of the testator. Blackadon
camp, an ancient military post, is in this neighbourhood.