OAKFORD, a parish in the hundred of WITHERIDGE,
county of DEVON, 3 miles; (W. by S.) from
Bampton, containing 474 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and diocese
of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £24. The
Bishop of Exeter, by lapse, presented in 1813. The
church is dedicated to St. Peter. Gertrude Pyncombe,
in 1730, left an annuity of £5 for teaching poor children
of the parish.