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.
CHALLACOMBE, a parish in Barnstaple district, Devon; on the river Bray, near its sources, on the verge of the county at Exmoor forest, 10 miles NE of Barnstaple r. station. Post Town, Paracombe, under Barnstaple. Acres, 5,343. Real property, £1,471. Pop., 282. Houses, 57. The manor and most of the property belong to Earl Fortescue. The surface is hilly, and, to a large extent, high wild moorland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £200.* Patron, Earl Fortescue. The church is a recent erection, in the Gothic style, with a tower.
(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: | Challcombe CP/AP Barnstaple RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place: | Challcombe |
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