IDE, a village and a parish in St. Thomas district, Devon. The village stands 3 miles SSW of Exeter r. station; is commonly called Ede; and has a post office under Exeter.—The parish comprises 1, 435 acres. Real property, £3, 500. Pop., 665. Houses, 158. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £300.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is a plain edifice, with later English windows; and has a low embattled tower. There are national schools of 1862, and Charities £4.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))