Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Widdecombe in the Moor

Widdecombe in the Moor, par. and vil., Devon - par., 10,614 ac., pop. 814; vil., 8 miles SW. of Moreton Hampstead; P.O., called Widecombe.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Widecombe in the Moor AP/CP       Devon AncC
Place names: WIDDECOMBE IN THE MOOR     |     WIDECOMBE
Place: Widecombe in the Moor

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