SHERWILL, a parish in the hundred of SHERWILL,
county of DEVON, 4 miles (N. E.) from Barnstaple, containing
645 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and diocese of Exeter,
rated in the king's books at £30. 3. ll., and in the
patronage of Sir Arthur Chichester, Bart. The church
is dedicated to St. Peter.