CREACOMBE, a parish in South Molton district, Devon; on the river Sturcomb, 7½ miles SE by E of South Molton, and 10½ WNW of Tiverton r. station. Post town, Witheridge, under Morchard-Bishop, North Devon. Acres, 1, 050. Real property, £499. Pop., 63. Houses, 11. The manor belongs to the Rev. W. Karslake. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £153. Patron, t-Rev. W. Karslake. The church was rebuilt in 1859.

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