A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WITHYCOMBE-RAWLEIGH, a village and a parish in St. Thomas district, Devon. The village stands 1¼ mile NE of Exmouth r. station, and has a post-office under Exmouth, Devon. The parish includes Hulham hamlet and part of Exmouth town. Acres, 2,617; of which 635 are water. Real property, £8,833; of which £87 are in gasworks. Pop in 1851, 1,811; in 1861, 2,145,-of whom 1,567 were in Exmouth. Houses, 357. The property is much subdivided. There are many fine residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £210.* Patron, the Hon. M. Rolle. The church was rebuilt in 1748; and a new church, in the decorated English style and cruciform, was built in 1864, at a cost of £6,000. There are national schools, and charities £13.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Withycombe Raleigh Ch/CP St Thomas RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place: | Withycombe Raleigh |
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