In 1850 Burrington was described as a pleasant village, 4 miles N.W. by W. of Chulmleigh. It has in its parish 5330 acres of land, including Halsbury, Callard, Northcote, and other scattered farms. The parish had 1244 souls when the census was taken in 1841, but they included 196 visitors at the village fair, on Trinity Monday.