Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for REWE

REWE, a parish in St. Thomas district, Devon; on the river Culm and the Bristol and Exeter railway, 1½mile N E of Stoke-Canon r. station, and 4½ N N E of Exeter. It includes the tything of Up-Exe, and has a post-office under Exeter. Acres, 1, 346. Real property, £1, 498. Pop., 260. Houses, 54. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £394.* Patron, alternately the Earl of Ilchester and the Trustees of the Earl of Egremont. The church is of the 13th century. Charities, £4.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Rewe AP/CP       St Thomas RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place: Rewe

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