Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ashburton

Ashburton, par. and town with ry. sta., E. Devon, 6 miles SW. of Newton Abbot, 6966 ac., pop. 2891; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Saturday. The town carries on the mfr. of serge and blankets.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Ashburton AP/CP       Devon AncC
Place: Ashburton

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