A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
KENTISBURY, a parish in Barnstaple district, Devon; 3 miles SE of Combe-Martin, and 9 NE of Barnstaple r. station. It contains the hamlets of Patchole, Ford, and West Kentisbury or Kentisburytown; and its post town is Barnstaple. Acres, 3, 129. Real property, £2, 360. Pop., 385. Houses, 86. The property is subdivided, but belongs chiefly to Earl Fortescue, W. V. Richards, Esq., and Miss Incledon. The manor belonged to the families of Wolfe, Randall, and Beavis. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £259.* Patron, the Rev. T. Openshaw. The church is old, and has a tower; but was in a condition in 1866 to require restoration. There is a small endowed school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Kentisbury CP/AP Barnstaple RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place: | Kentisbury |
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