Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ANSTEY (East)

ANSTEY (East), a parish in South Molton district, Devon; on the river Yeo, 4½ miles WSW of Dulverton, and 12 NNW of Tiverton r. station. Post Town, Dulverton under Tiverton. Acres, 3,245. Real property, £1,819. Pop., 227. Houses, 32. The surface is hilly; and the property is not much divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £180.* Patron, T. S. Jessopp, Esq. The church is tolerable.


(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: East Anstey AP/CP       South Molton RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place names: ANSTEY     |     ANSTEY EAST     |     EAST ANSTEY
Place: East Anstey

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