DOLTON, a parish in the hundred of NORTH-TAWTON-with-WINKLEY,
county of DEVON, 6 miles (N. N. E)
from Hatherleigh, containing 748 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and diocese
of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £20. 16. 8.
J. Cleveland, Esq. was patron in 1823. The church
is dedicated to St. Edmund. There are two fairs for
cattle, on the Wednesday before March 25th, and
October 1st. There are donations amounting to about
£7. 11. 6. per annum, for the instruction of children.