SHEBBEAR, a parish in the hundred of SHEBBEAR,
county of DEVON,  miles (W. N. W.) from Hatherleigh,
containing 1006 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Sheepwash
annexed, in the archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and
diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £ 11. 8. 4.,
and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated
to St. Lawrence. The parish is bounded on the
west by the river Torridge.