CLIST-ST. LAWRENCE, a parish in St. Thomas district, Devon; on the river Clist, 2½ miles ESE of Hele r. station, and 4 SSE of Collumpton. Post town, Collumpton. Acres, 1, 060. Real property, £1, 664. Pop., 154. Houses, 32. The manor belonged formerly to the Pollard and the Hele families; and belongs now to Hele's charity-school or St. John's hospital, in Exeter. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £299.* Patrons, the Trustees of St. John's Hospital, Exeter. The church is later English; consists of nave and chancel, with lofty western tower; has an ancient screen and roodloft; and was reported in 1859 to need repair. Charities, £5.

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