FILLEIGH, a parish in the hundred of BRAUNTON,
though locally in the hundred of South-Molton, county
of DEVON, 3 miles (W. N. W.) from South Molton,
containing 307 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and diocese of Exeter,
rated in the king's books at £ 12. 5. 2., and in the patronage
of Earl Fortescue. The church, dedicated to
St. Paul, was built by Earl Fortescue in 1732. There .
is a charity school, chiefly supported by the Earl and
Countess, in which about fifty children are educated
and clothed. Limestone and a hard stone of a blueish
tinge, used for building, are obtained in the parish, and
perfect nautili have been found here.