WORLINGTON (EAST), a parish in the hundred
of WITHERIDGE, county of DEVON, 6 miles (E.) from
Chulmleigh, containing 253 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and diocese
of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £7. 15. 10.,
and in the patronage of the Hon. N. Fellowes. The
church is dedicated to St. Mary. In the neighbourhood
are the remains of an ancient cross. Roman coins
have been found here.