Wood-Knowle was formerly the residence of the Rolles, probably of the branch which came possessed of Hilton; it is now the residence of the Rev. Henry Badcock.
The Rev. John Kingdon is Patron of the rectory, and the present incumbent, instituted in 1818.
The whole parish is fertile, variegated by hill and dale, and moreover, notwithstanding its maritime situation, abounds with trees, so that the prospect is every where interesting, and the church, almost inclosed in a grove, presents a very pleasing object.
Marhamchurch measures 2,392 statute acres.
| £. | s. | d. | |
| Annual value of the Real Property, as returned to Parliament in 1815 | 2,485 | 0 | 0 |
| Poor Rate in 1831 | 339 | 3 | 0 |
| Population,— | |||
| in 1801, 414 | in 1811, 448 | in 1821, 647 | in 1831, 659 |
giving an increase of 59 per cent. in 30 years.
GEOLOGY, BY DR. BOASE.
Doctor Boase says of the geology, that the whole rests on massive and schistose varieties of dunstone, a member of the calcareous series, similar to what may be found in the adjoining parishes of Launcells, Bayton, and Kilkhampton.