In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woolfardisworthy like this:
WOOLFARDIS WORTHY, or Woolsery, a village and a parish in Bideford district, Devon. The village stands 9½ miles WSW of Bideford r. station; is a seat of petty-sessions; and has a post-office, of the name of Woolsery, under Bideford, a hotel, and two annual fairs. The parish includes four hamlets, and comprises 5,798 acres. ...
Real property, £2,756. Pop., 776. Houses, 156. The property is chiefly divided among seven. There are several neat residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £65.* Patron, Mrs. L. E. Hawkes. The church is ancient. The p. curacy of Buckmills is a separate benefice. There are three dissenting chapels and a national school.
Woolfardisworthy through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woolfardisworthy, in Torridge and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2765
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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