Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KNACKERSKNOWLE

KNACKERSKNOWLE, a village and a chapelry in St. Budeaux and Egg-Buckland parishes, Devon. The village stands 3 miles NNE of Plymouth; and has a post office, designated Knackersknowle, Devon.—The chapelry has no defined limits; and the living of it is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of St. Budeaux, in the diocese of Exeter.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Devon AncC
Place: Crownhill

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