Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Okehampton (or Oakhampton)

Okehampton (or Oakhampton), ancient bor., market town, and par., Devon, at confluence of rivers East Okement and West Okement, 26 miles W. of Exeter and 197 miles from London by rail - par., 9552 ac., pop. 2292; town, pop. 1695; P.O.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ancient borough, market town, and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Okehampton CP/AP       Okehampton Borough       Devon AncC
Place names: OAKHAMPTON     |     OKEHAMPTON     |     OKEHAMPTON OR OAKHAMPTON
Place: Okehampton

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