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.
PANCRASWEEK, a village and a parish in Holsworthy district, Devon. The village stands near the Bude canal, the river Tamar, and the boundary with Cornwall, 3½ miles W N W of Holsworthy, and 15 N by W of Lifton r. station; and is sometimes called Week-Pancrassa, or Week, St. Pancras. The parish contains also the hamlets of Dexbeer, Dunsdon, and Kingford; and its post town is Holsworthy, North Devon. Acres, 3, 782. Real property, £2, 209. Pop. in 1851, 460; in 1861, 378. Houses, 71. Much of the land belongs to L. W. Buck, Esq. The living a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Bradworthy, in the diocese of Exeter. The church is later English; and consists of nave, Naisle, transept, and chancel with a lofty tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(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: | Pancrasweek CP/AP Holsworthy RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place: | Pancrasweek |
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