NEWTON-POPPLEFORD, a chapelry in the parish
of AYLESBEAR, eastern division of the hundred of BUDLEIGH,
county of DEVON, 3 miles (N. W. by W.) from
Sidmouth, containing 481 inhabitants. The living is
a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Aylesbear,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter, endowed
with £600 royal bounty. The chapel, dedicated
to St. Luke, was originally founded as a chantry
by Edward III., about 1330; it has lately received
an addition of one hundred and twenty free sittings,
the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of
churches and chapels having granted £75 towards defraying
the expense. In the neighbourhood is Woodbury
castle, occupying the brow of a considerable eminence;
it is deeply intrenched, and within its enclosure
are the remains of a building from which visitors could
enjoy a magnificent view over the Ex, and the vale,
to Exeter, Honiton, &c., and the sea.