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PUTFORD (West), a village and a parish in Bideford district, Devon. The village stands on the river Torridge, 9½ miles S W of Bideford r. station; and issmall and scattered. The parish contains also the hamlets of Colscott, Thriverdon, and Wed field. Post-town, Holsworthy, North Devon. Acres, 2, 620. Real property, £1, 765. Pop., 362. Houses, 75. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to W. May, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £186.* Patron, the Rev. J. L. May. The church iscruciform, and has a W tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Bible Christians.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | West Putford CP/AP Bideford RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
Place names: | PUTFORD | PUTFORD WEST | WEST PUTFORD |
Place: | West Putford |
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