Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EXTON

EXTON, a parish in Dulverton sub-district, Somerset; on the river Exe, 5 miles NNE of Dulverton, and 1½ mile W of Combe-Row r. station. Post town, Brompton-Regis, under Tiverton. Acres, 4, 045. Real property, £3, 005. Pop., 410. Houses, 76. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £380.* Patron, the Rev. G. B. Warren. The church is ancient.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Exton AP/CP       Somerset AncC
Place: Exton

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