MOLLAND, a parish, with a scattered village, in South Molton district, Devon; near the boundary with Somerset, 6½ miles ENE of South Molton, and 13½ NE of Eggesford r. station. Post town, South Molton, North Devon. Acres, 6,168. Real property, £3,427. Pop., 598. Houses, 96. The manor belonged to the Bottreaux family; is sometimes called Molland-Bottreaux; passed to the Hungerford, the Courtenays, and the Throckmortons; and belongs now to Sir W. Throckmorton, Bart. West Molland, about a mile from the village, is a fine old mansion. About 1.703 acres are moorland about 70 fathoms, and was abandoned; and a new one has been worked to the depth of about 26 fathoms. An ancient camp is under Molland Down. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Knowstone, in the diocese of Exeter. The church is later English; comprises nave, N aisle, and chancel; contains monuments of the Courtenays, and one of the Rev. D. Berry; and was recently in a very dilapidated condition. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Bible Christians, an endowed school with £20 a year, and charities £41.

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