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.
PYWORTHY, a village and a parish in Holsworthy district, Devon. The village stands near the Bude canal, 2¼ miles W S W of Holsworthy, and 12½ N N W of Lifton r. station. The parish contains also the hamlets of Derriton and Killatree; and its post town is Holsworthy, North Devon. Acres, 5,021. Real property, £3,022. Pop., 567. Houses, 131. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lady Molesworth. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £400.* Patron, the Rev. S. W. Tagert. The church is later English, and has a lofty tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Bible Christians, a national school, and charities £24.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Pyworthy CP/AP Holsworthy RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place: | Pyworthy |
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