MARLDON, a parish in the hundred of HAYTOR,
county of DEVON, 5 miles (N. E. by E.) from Totness,
containing 384 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Paington, in the
peculiar jurisdiction of the Bishop of Exeter, and ia
the patronage of Sir S. Northcote, G. Templar, Esq., and
the Rev. J. Templar. The church has a rich stone
screen. In the village of Compton are considerable
ruins of an ancient castellated mansion, occupied by
Sir Maurice de la Pole in the reign of Henry II.