BICKLEIGH, a parish in the hundred of ROBOROUGH,
county of DEVON, 7 miles (N. N. E.) from Plymouth,
containing 457 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
with the perpetual curacy of Sheepstor annexed,
in the archdeaconry of Totness, and diocese of Exeter,
rated in the king's books at £11. 4. 7., and in the patronage
of Ralph Franco, Bart. The Plymouth railway
passes along this parish. Here is a charity school; also
an almshouse for six widows.