In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newton Tracey like this:
NEWTON-TRACEY, a village and a parish in Barnstaple district, Devon. The village stands 2¼ miles W of the river Taw, and 5 S S W of Barnstaple r. station; and has a post-office under Barnstaple. The parish comprises 336 acres. Real property, £571. Pop., 136. Houses, 34. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £67. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old but good, and has a tower. There is a parochial school.
Newton Tracey through time
Newton Tracey is now part of North Devon district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Devon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newton Tracey itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newton Tracey in North Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2753
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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