Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Buckland Monachorum

Buckland Monachorum, par. and vil., S. Devon, 4 miles SE. of Tavistock, 633 ac., pop. 1297; P.O.; contains Buckland Abbey, seat of a descendant of Sir Francis Drake. It has an original portrait and several relics of the old sea-king.


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

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

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