AWLISCOMBE, a parish in the hundred of
HEMYOCK, county of DEVON, 2 miles (W. by N.) from
Honiton, containing 513 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Exeter, rated in the king's books at £12. 10. 10., and
in the patronage of the Duke of Bedford. The church,
dedicated to St. Michael, has a finely ornamented window
in the south transept, and a stone screen. The river
Otter bounds the parish on the south.