VIRGINSTOW, a parish in the hundred of LIFTON,
county of DEVON, 6 miles (N. E. by N.) from Launeestpn,
containing 116inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Totness, and
diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £5. 6. S.,
and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated
to St. Bridget.