 The parish of Feniton incorporates the hamlets of Colesworthy, Higher Cheriton and Curscombe.It covers an area of 644 hectares (1591 acres), and is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Payhembury, Buckerell, Gittisham, Ottery St Mary and Talaton.At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,796, decreasing to 1,568 at the 2011 Census.