[3] The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist and is around 14th-15th century in date.

[4] The church was restored and the north aisle rebuilt by Sir Gilbert Scott in 1874.

It stands 170 cm out of the ground, and contains an inscription dated to the 8th-11th century.

[5] The Harris Baronetcy, of Stowford, near Launceston, in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 1 December 1673 for Arthur Harris, Member of Parliament for Okehampton between 1671 and 1681.

The Harris residence was at Hayne House in the parish of Stowford.