Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WASHFORD-PYNE

WASHFORD-PYNE, a parish, with two hamlets, in Crediton district, Devon; 7 miles NE of Morchard-Road r. station, and 8 N by W of Crediton. Post town, Morchard-Bishop, North Devon. Acres, 1,140. Real property, £950. Pop., 182. Houses, 37. The manor belongs to C. Tucker, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £160.* Patron,C. Tucker, Esq. The church is early English. There is a parochial school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish, with two hamlets"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Washford Pyne CP/AP       Crediton RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place: Washford Pyne

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