Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ZEAL-MONACHORUM

ZEAL-MONACHORUM, a parish, with three hamlets, in Crediton district, Devon; 2½ miles SW of Morchard-Road r. station, and 7 NW by W of Crediton. Post town, Bow, North Devon. Acres, 3,264. Real property, £3,364. Pop., 549. Houses, 117. The property is subdivided. The manor was given, by King-Canute, to Buckfast monastery; took thence the name of Monkenfield, Monkenzeal, or Zeal-Monachorum; and belongs now to J. H. Ley, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £388.* Patron, the Rev. E. Cooper. There are a national school, and charities £18.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with three hamlets"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Zeal Monachorum AP/CP       Crediton RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place: Zeal Monachorum

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