MEAVY, a parish in the hundred of ROBOROUGH,
county of DEVON, 6 miles (S.E.) from Tavistock, containing
321 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Totness, and diocese of
Exeter, rated in the king's books at £ 13. 5., and in the
patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to
St. Peter. The village is situated on the river Mew,
which winds through a valley of considerable beauty.
Here are the remains of an old mansion, once the resi?
dence of the renowned Sir Francis Drake. Near the
church is a hollow oak of very large dimensions, and
adjoining it ai-e the remains of a stone cross. The Plymouth
railway passes through the parish.