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3 unusual facts about Newton St Petrock


John Lemprière

On retiring from this school, following a disagreement with the trustees, he received the living of Meeth in Devon, which, together with that of Newton St Petrock, he held until his death from a stroke in the Strand, London.

Newton St Petrock

It’s profile is, appropriately, that of an acorn whose western border follows the River Torridge.

A 19th-century rector, John Lemprière, wrote a Classical Dictionary used for generations in schools throughout the English-speaking world.



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