NEWTON-FERRERS, a parish in the hundred of
ERMINGTON, county of DEVON, 6 miles (S. by E.) from
Earl's Plympton, containing 719 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Totness, and
diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £41.12.1.
The Rev. John Yonge was patron in 1821. The church,
dedicated to the Holy Cross, contains three stone stalls.
Here is an almshouse. The parish is bounded on the
west by the sestuary of the Yealm, and the vicinity is
remarkable for scenery of great beauty.