HATHERLEIGH, a market-town of England, county of Devon, on a branch of the Torridge, 28 miles W.N.W. of Exeter. It is mean and irregularly built, and the inhab-
bitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. Some are still engaged in the woollen manufacture, though this branch of industry has of late years declined. Market-day, Friday. Pop. of parish (1851) 1710.