A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
DREWSTEIGNTON, a parish in Okehampton district, Devon; on the river Teign, at the E side of Dartmoor, 4½ miles NNW of Moreton-Hampstead r. station, and 8½ SW by W of Crediton. It includes the hamlet of Teignholt; and its post town is Crockernwell, under Exeter. Acres, 6, 937. Real property, £7, 008. Pop., 1, 067. Houses, 226. The property is much sub divided. The manor belonged, at Domesday, to Sheriff Baldwin; was held, in the time of Henry II., by Drogo or Drewe de Teignton; and passed to the D'Abernons and the Carews. The scenery along the Teign here is highly romantic; and various spots have a cromlech, a logan stone, two Druidical circles, some traces of the Via-Sacra or Druid-way, and an ancient British camp The name Drewsteignton has often been regarded as a corruption of "Druids' Town on the Teign;" but was really derived from Drewe de Teignton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £776.* Patrons, Messrs. Ponsford. The church is a good old interesting structure, with turreted tower.
(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: | Drewsteignton CP/AP Okehampton RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place: | Drewsteignton |
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