WOOLBOROUGH, or WOLBOROUGH, a parish
in the hundred of HAYTOR, county of DEVON, 1 mile (S,).
from Newton-Abbots, containing, with the town of
Newton-Abbots, 1859 inhabitants. The living is a do-,
native, in the patronage of Viscount Courtenay. The,
church, dedicated to St. James, has some fine screen-,
work across the nave and aisles. Ninety children are,
educated for about £90 a year, arising from certain
property, bequeathed in 1788, by Hannah Maria Bearne,
for charitable uses. There are almshouses for four
clergymen's widows, founded by Lady Lucy Reynell.