A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BOVEY (North), a parish in Newton-Abbot district, Devon; on the Bovey brook, on the E Border of Dartmoor, near the Moreton-Hampstead railway, 1 ½ mile S W of Moreton-Hampstead. Post Town, Moreton-Hampstead, under Exeter. Acres, 5,654. Real property, £2,904. Pop., 513. Houses, 103. The property is subdivided. The ancient lords of the manor had the power of inflicting capital punishment. Most of the surface is thickly strewn with fragments of rock. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £263.* Patron, the Earl of Devon. The church is very old, but good.
(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: | North Bovey AP/CP Newton Abbot RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place names: | BOVEY | BOVEY NORTH | NORTH BOVEY |
| Place: | North Bovey |
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