NEWTON-BUSHELL, a chapelry (formerly a
market-town) in the parish of HIGHWEEK, hundred of
TEINGBRIDGE, county of DEVON, 14 miles (S. S.W.)
from Exeter, and 187 (W. S. W.) from London. The
population is returned with the parish. This town
received its distinguishing appellation from Robert
Bussell, or Bushell, the foster-child and kinsman of
Theobald de English Ville, made lord of the manor by
Henry III., in 1246, and who granted to the inhabitants
a charter for a market. This town is separated
from Newton-Abbots by the river Lemon. A portreeve
and two constables are annually chosen at the
court held by the lord of the manor. The chapel is a
large edifice, in the ancient style of English architecture,
and has received an addition of two hundred and seventy
sittings, of which one hundred and seventy are free,
the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches
and chapels having contributed £250 towards defraying
the expense. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. Limestone, with argillaceous slate, and organic
remains, are found in the vicinity of the town.