BEER-FERRIS, a parish in the hundred of ROBOROUGH,
county of DEVON, 7 miles (S. by W.) from
Tavistock, containing, with the borough of Beer-Alston,
2198 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Totness, and diocese of Bath and Wells,
rated in the king's books at £24. 1. 0., and in the patronage
of Viscount Valletort. The church is dedicated
to St. Andrew. The parish is bounded on the west by
the navigable river Tamar, and on the east by the
Tavey, which unite at its southern extremity, and fall
into the English channel on the western side of Devonport.