STOWFORD, a parish in the hundred of LIFTON,
county of DEVON, 8 miles (E. byN.) from Launceston,
containing 394 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Totness, and diocese of Exeter,
rated in the king's books at £11. 12. 6. J. D. Harris,
Esq. was patron in 1807- In the church is a marble
statue of C. Harris, Esq., in the ancient Roman costume.
Margaret Doyle, in 1777, bequeathed the interest
of £200 to be applied for teaching poor children. Dr.
John Prideaux, a learned divine, was born here in
1578; he died in 1650.