PARKHAM, a parish in the hundred of SHEBBEAR,
county of DEVON, 6 miles (S.W.) from Bideford, containing
967 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Barnstable, and diocese of Exeter,
rated in the king's books at £20. 6. 8. The Rev. Dr.
Woodcock was patron in 1824. The church, dedicated
to St. James, has an enriched Norman door. A school
is supported by the united bequests of John Levering,
in 1671, and Wear Giffard. Bableigh, in this parish,
was long held by the family of Risdon, of which the
county historian was a member.