CORNWOOD, a parish in the hundred of ERMINGTON,
county of DEVON, 5 miles (N. E. by E.) from Earl's
Plympton, containing 1057 inhabitants. The living is a
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of -Totness, and diocese of
Exeter, rated in the king's books at £33.4.7., and in
the patronage of the Bishop of Exeter. The church,
dedicated to St. Michael, contains three stone stalls.
The ground is hilly,with several small mountain streams,
encompassing the parish, the river Yealm running
through it, and the Erme separating it from the adjoining
parish of Harford. A charity school is supported
by subscription, aided by an endowment of £ 10 per annum,
left by the late vicar, the Rev. Duke Young, who
also bequeathed £20 per annum,for medical assistance
to poor people not receiving parochial relief. Cattle
fairs are held on the first Monday in May, and the
fourth Monday in September.