CLAYHANGER, or Cleyhanger, a parish in Tiverton district, Devon; at the boundary with Somerset, 4¾ miles E by N of Bampton, and 9 NNE of Tiverton r. station. It has a post office under Tiverton. Acres, 2, 083. Real property, £2, 035. Pop., 274. Houses, 54. The property is much subdivided. Here was a preceptory of the Knights' Templars. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £273. Patron, the Rev. W. M. Harrison. The church is a very ancient edifice, of nave and chancel, with large western tower, and has carved oaken seats and a carved screen.

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