KNOWSTONE, a parish in the southern division of
the hundred of MOLTON, county of DEVON, 8 miles
{W.) from Bampton, comprising East and West Knowstone,
and containing 444 inhabitants. The living is
a vicarage with Holland, in the archdeaconry of Barnstaple,,
and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books
at £26. 10. 10., and in the patronage of Mr. Courtenay.
The church, dedicated to St. Peter, has a plain Norman
door.