a town of the hundred of Wenford, in the county of Devon, 170 miles from London. It stands on the river Exe, about three miles below Exeter, and is the place where the vessels to that place are anchored. The upper part of the town is pleasant and well built, but not the lower part, which is chiefly inhabited by sea-faring people. The inhabitants amounted in 1821 to 3156, and in 1831 to 3184.