WHITSTONE, a parish in the hundred of WONFORD,
county of DEVON, 3 miles (W.N.W.) from
Exeter, containing 585 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter;
rated in the king's books at £ 19. 3. 4., and in the
patronage of Thomas Brown, Esq. The church is dedicated
to St. Catherine. John Splatt, in 1753, bequeathed
£20 per annum for teaching the poor children
of the parish. He also founded almshouses for five
poor people, with an annual allowance of 5s. each.