Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MAIDENCOMBE

MAIDENCOMBE, a hamlet in Stokeinteignhead parish, Devon; on the coast, in a beautiful dell, 3 miles S of Teignmouth. It contains several gentlemen's houses, and a few farm-houses; and has a fine waterfall of about 80 feet, and a romantic cove.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stokeinteignhead CP/AP       Devon AncC
Place: Maidencombe

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