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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.
WINKLEIGH, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Torrington district, Devon. The village stands 5¼ miles W of Lapford r. station, and 5½ SW of Chulmleigh; contains several genteel residences; is a seat of petty-sessions; and has a post-office‡ designated Winkleigh, North Devon, and an inn. The parish comprises 9,118 acres. Real property, £6,246. Pop. in 1851, 1,554; in 1861, 1,425. Houses, 309. The property is subdivided, and there are several manors. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £312.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of E. The church is old, but good-There are four dissenting chapels, a national school, an alms-house for 5 poor women, and other charities £22.—The sub-district contains 3 parishes. Acres, 16,516. Pop., 2,472. Houses, 518.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Winkleigh CP/AP Winkleigh SubD Torrington RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place: | Winkleigh |
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