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.
THOMAS (St.), a district in Devon; named from St. Thomas-the-Apostle parish at Exeter, and containing the sub-districts of St. Thomas, Alphington, Christow, Kenton, Heavitree, Topsham, Broad Clist, Woodbury, Exmouth, and East Budleigh. Acres, 130,141. Poor rates, in 1863, £20,860. Pop. in 1851, 48,806; in 1861, 48,405. Houses, 9,663. Marriages in 1863, 285; births, 1,386, -of which 76 were illegitimate; deaths, 947,-of which 383 were at ages under 5 years, and 45 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 2,869; births, 13,218; deaths, 9,423. The places of worship, in 1851, were 58 of the Church of England, with 19,268 sittings; 7 of Independents, with 2,161 s.; 5 of Baptists, with 601 s.; 2 of Unitarians, with 670 s.; 14 of Wesleyans, with 1,888 s.; 1 of Bible Christians, with 72 s.; 1 of Wesleyan Reformers, with 55 attendants; 2 of Brethren, with 300 s.; and 7 undefined, with 700 s. The schools were 52 public day-schools, with 2,915 scholars; 94 private day-schools, with 2,046 s.; 53 Sunday-schools, with 3,014 s.; and 1 evening school for adults, with 10 s.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | St Thomas RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place names: | ST THOMAS | THOMAS ST |
| Place: | St Thomas |
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