Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WARKLEIGH

WARKLEIGH, a parish in South Molton district, Devon; 2½ miles N of South Molton Road r. station. Post town, South Molton, North Devon. Acres, 2,451. Real property, £1,693. Pop., 330. Houses, 64. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £215.* Patron, J. Gould, Esq. There are a free school and a national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Warkleigh CP/AP       South Molton RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place: Warkleigh

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