Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COWLEY, or Cowley-Bridge

COWLEY, or Cowley-Bridge, a hamlet in Brampford-Speke parish, Devon; near the confluence of the river Exe and Creedy, 2 miles N of Exeter. It has a post office, of the name of Cowley, under Exeter; and it ranks as a rectory, annexed to Brampford-Speke.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Brampford Speke AP/CP       Devon AncC
Place names: COWLEY     |     COWLEY BRIDGE     |     COWLEY OR COWLEY BRIDGE
Place: Cowley

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