Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WIDECOMBE-IN-THE-MOOR

WIDECOMBE-IN-THE-MOOR, a parish, with four. hamlets, in Newton-Abbot district, Devon; in the E side of Dartmoor, 8 miles SSW of Moreton-Hampstead r. station. Post town, Ashburton, under Newton-Abbot. Acres, 10,614. Real property, £4,771. Pop. in 1851, 974; in 1861, 854. Houses, 163. The property is much subdivided. The surface exhibits the characteristic features of Dartmoor; and has many bold and lofty rocks. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £268.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of E. The church is old but good; has a very fine tower; and was the scene of a great disaster by lightning on a Sunday in 1638, when 4 persons in it were killed and 62 injured. The vicarage of Lensden is a separate benefice. There are Independent and Wesleyan chapels and a charity school.


(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: Widecombe in the Moor AP/CP       Devon AncC
Place: Widecombe in the Moor

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