CHERITON (BISHOP), a parish in the hundred of
WONFORD, county of DEVON, 6 miles (S. W.) from
Crediton, containing 753 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter, rated
in the king's books at £22. 13. 4., and in the patronage
of the Bishop of Exeter. The church is dedicated to St.
Mary. .