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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Ottery St Mary, market town, par., and hundred, Devon, on river Otter, 12 miles NE. of Exeter and 161 from London by rail - par. and hundred, 9942 ac., pop. 3973; town, pop. 2924; P.O., T.O., I Bank. Market-day, Thursday. During the Civil War the town was alternately occupied by both parties. The principal industries consist of mfrs. of silk shoe ribbons and handker-chiefs. Honiton lace is made in the cottages of the people. Ottery was the birthplace of Coleridge (1772-1834), the poet. The entire par. is a local government district.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Devon AncC |
| Place: | Ottery St Mary |
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