In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sutcombe like this:
SUTCOMBE, a parish, with a village, in Holsworthy district, Devon; 5 miles N by E of Holsworthy r. station. Post town, Holsworthy, North Devon. Acres, 3,593. Real property, £2,429. Pop., 441. Houses, 89. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £300.* Patron, W. B. Coham, Esq. The church is early English, with a Norman doorway. There are alms houses with £38 a year.
Sutcombe through time
Sutcombe is now part of Torridge district. Click here for graphs and data of how Torridge has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sutcombe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sutcombe, in Torridge and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2427
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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