HUISH, a parish in the hundred of SHEBBEAR, county of DEVON, 4 miles (N.) from Hatherleigh, containing 118 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £7. 19. 10., and in the patronage of Lord Clinton. The church is dedicated to St. James.