Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NICHOLAS (St.)

NICHOLAS (St.), a parish in Newton-Abbot district, Devon; on the river Teign, at its mouth, opposite Teignmouth r. station, and 5½ miles E of Newton-Abbot. It contains the village of Shaldon, which has a post-office under Teignmouth; contains also part of Ringmore: is connected with Teignmouth by a bridge of 35 arches, and 1, 680 feet long, also by a ferry; runs out into the bold promontory called the Ness; has a fine beach, and many attractions to summer visitors; includes or commands much romantic scenery; contains many handsome villa-residences; is a resort of invalids and sea-bathers; and had formerly a large ship-building yard. Acres, 790; of which 210 are water. Real property, £2, 510. Pop. in 1851, 1, 297; in 1861, 1, 148. Houses, 303. The decrease of pop. was caused by the removal of the ship-building trade to Teignmouth. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord Clifford. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £125. Patron, Lord Clifford. The church was rebuilt about 1667 by the Carew family. There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, and Wesleyans, 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: St Nicholas AP/CP       Newton Abbot RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place names: NICHOLAS ST     |     ST NICHOLAS
Place: St Nicholas

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