Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CREACOMBE

CREACOMBE, a parish in South Molton district, Devon; on the river Sturcomb, 7½ miles SE by E of South Molton, and 10½ WNW of Tiverton r. station. Post town, Witheridge, under Morchard-Bishop, North Devon. Acres, 1, 050. Real property, £499. Pop., 63. Houses, 11. The manor belongs to the Rev. W. Karslake. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £153. Patron, t-Rev. W. Karslake. The church was rebuilt in 1859.


(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: Creacombe AP/CP       South Molton RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place: Creacombe

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