Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Burlescombe

Burlescombe, par. and ry. sta., E. Devon, 4 m. NE. of Tiverton junc., 3768 ac., pop. 820; P.O.; has remains of Augustinian priory founded in the reign of Henry II.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Burlescombe CP/AP       Devon AncC
Place: Burlescombe

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