Morewinstow is in the hundred of Stratton, and has to the west the
sea, to the north part of Devon, to the east the river Tamar and part
of Devon, to the south Kilkhampton.
This parish is so called from the son of St. Morwen, to whom Marham
church is dedicated.
It is a vicarage, valued in the King’s Books at £10. 8_s._ 6_d._ The
patronage in the Bishop of Exeter.
In the year 1291, the 20th of Edward the 1st, this church was valued
at £13. 6_s._ 8_d._ having since been appropriated to the hospital of
Bridgewater in Somersetshire.