Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CORYTON, or Corriton

CORYTON, or Corriton, a parish, with a r. station, in Tavistock district, Devon; on Lyd river, 7 miles NNW of Tavistock. Post town, Tavistock. Acres, 1, 334. Real property, £1, 926. Pop., 238. Houses, 48. The property is all in one estate. Slate has been largely quarried. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £208.* Patron, Sir L. Newman, Bart. The church is ancient; and was repaired and enlarged in 1838. Charities, £20.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a r station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Coryton CP/AP       Tavistock RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place names: CORRITON     |     CORYTON     |     CORYTON OR CORRITON
Place: Coryton

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