DODDISCOMBSLEIGH, a village and a parish in St. Thomas district, Devon. The village stands near the river Teign, 5 miles NNW of Chudleigh, and 5½ WSW of St. Thomas r. station; and has a post office under Newton-Abbot. The parish comprises 2, 391 acres. Real property, £2, 268. Pop., 343. Houses, 71. The property is much subdivided. Manganese and jasper are found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £312.* Patron, the Rev. J. Buckingham. The church is ancient, with a square turreted tower; has some fine painted windows; and was recently in disrepair.

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