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PLYMTREE, a village and a parish in Honiton district, Devon. The village stands near the source of the river Clist, 3¼ miles S E of Cullompton r. station; and has a post-office under Cullompton. The parish comprises 2, 185 acres. Real property, £3, 617. Pop., 462. Houses, 96. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £285.* Patron, Oriel College, Oxford. The church is later English, good, and interesting; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and tower; and contains a piscina, an ancient carved screen, and a carved oak altar-piece. There are an Independent chapel, a parochial school, and charities £29.
(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: | Plymtree AP/CP Honiton RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
Place: | Plymtree |
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