Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Countisbury

Countisbury, coast par. and vil., N. Devon, on border of co., 18 miles NE. of Barnstaple, 3512 ac., pop. 164; in vicinity of vil. is Countisbury Hill (1200 ft. high), surmounted by ancient camp.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal parish and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Countisbury Ch/CP       Devon AncC
Place: Countisbury

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