Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Tawstock

Tawstock, par. and vil., Devon, on river Taw, 2 miles S. of Barnstaple, 6582 ac., pop. 1062; P.O.; Tawstock Court is the seat of the Wrey family; old Tawstock House, now represented by an ancient gate-way, was garrisoned in 1646 by Fairfax.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Tawstock CP/AP       Devon AncC
Place: Tawstock

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