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.
BRIDESTOW, a village and a parish in Okehampton district, Devon. The village lies in a pleasant valley, near Dartmoor, 6 miles SW of Okehampton, and 11 N by E of Tavistock r. station; was formerly called Bridgetstow; and has a post office of the name of Bridestow, North Devon, and fairs on the first Wednesday of June and 29 July. The parish comprises 5,661 acres. Real property, £3,995. Pop., 832. Houses, 176. The property is divided among a few. Millaton House is the seat of J. G. Newton, Esq., and contains a collection of natural history objects from Dartmoor; and Leawood was long the seat of the Calmady family, and is now the seat of S.Hamlyn, Esq. There are extensive limeworks. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Sourton, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £424.* Patron, the Bishop of Exeter The church is very old; has a curious Norman gateway; and was restored in 1866. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and Bible Christians, and a fine school of 1863.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bridestowe CP/AP Okehampton RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place names: | BRIDESTOW | BRIDGETSTOW |
| Place: | Bridestowe |
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