Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Powderham

Powderham.-- par. and vil., Devon - par., 1947 ac., pop. 280; vil., on W. side of estuary of river Exe, 6½ miles SE. of Exeter; Powderham Castle, seat of the Earl of Devon, is an ancient Norman edifice, situated in a finely wooded park sloping to the Exe.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Powderham AP/CP       Devon AncC
Place: Powderham

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