MEETH, a parish in the hundred of SHEBBEAR,
county of DEVON, 3 miles (N. by E.) from Hatherleigh,
containing 270 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and diocese of Exeter,
rated in the king's books at £9. 7. 6. The Rev. F. D.
Lampriere was patron in 1824. The church is dedicated
to St. John the Baptist.