In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bratton Fleming like this:
BRATTON-FLEMING, a parish in Barnstaple district, Devon; on an affluent of the river Taw, 6 miles NE of Barnstaple r. station. Post Town, Sherwell, under Barnstaple. Acres, 5,845. Real property, £5,542. Pop., 686. Houses, 134. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged anciently to the Fleming family; passed to the Dillons; and belongs now to Sir Arthur Chichester. ...
Part of the surface is hilly. Six standingstones occur at Nightascott, and are supposed to have been part of a Druidical circle. The parish is a meet for the North Devon hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £551.* Patron, Caius College, Cambridge. The church is perpendicular English; consists of nave, chancel, and north aisle, with a tower; and was restored in 1861. There is a small Baptist chapel.
Bratton Fleming through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bratton Fleming in North Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5202
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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