In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dean Prior like this:
DEAN-PRIOR, a parish in Totnes district, Devon; on the verge of Dartmoor, near the river Dart, 3 miles N of Brent r. station, and 6 NW of Totnes. Post town, Buckfastleigh, under Newton-Abbot. Acres, 4, 165. Real property, with Rattery, £6, 473. Pop., 422. Houses, 82. The property is divided among a few. ...
The manor belonged to Plympton priory; passed to the Gileses and the Yardes; and belongs now to Lord Churston. Dean Court, a Tudor edifice, now a farm-house, was the manorial mansion, and the residence of the poet Herrick; who held the parochial living, and wrote here most of his "Hesperides. " Dean Burn vale is a strikingly picturesque glen, with some fine waterfalls. Dean Moors is a meet for the Forest harriers. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £282.* Patron, Lord Churston. The church was rebuilt, excepting the tower, in 1835.
Dean Prior through time
Dean Prior is now part of South Hams district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Hams has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dean Prior itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dean Prior, in South Hams and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4127
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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