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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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LODDISWELL, a village and a parish in Kingsbridge district, Devon. The village stands on the river Avon, 3 miles NNW of Kingsbridge, and 7 S by E of Kingsbridge Road r. station; and has a post office under Kingsbridge, and a reading and news room.-The parish, together with Buckland-Tout-Saints, comprises 3,568 acres. Real property, with Woodleigh, £7,049. Rated property of L. alone, £3,721. Pop., 899. Houses, 184. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged formerly to the Arundels. Traces of an ancient camp are on Blackdown Hill. Yellow ochre, of fine quality, was manufactured; and there was formerly a copper mine. A spot about a ¼ of a mile below the village, commands a charming view down the Avon. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Buckland-Tout-Saints, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £443.* Patrons, Trustees. The church is ancient but pretty good; consists of nave and chancel, with a tower; and contains several fine monuments. There are an Independent chapel in the village, another dissenting chapel at Hazlewood, a recently erected British school, and charities £76.
(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: | Loddiswell CP/AP Kingsbridge RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place: | Loddiswell |
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