Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Meeth

Meeth, par. and vil., Devon, at confluence of rivers Okement and Torridge, 2½ miles NE. of Hatherleigh and 8½ m. SE. of Torrington, 2479 ac., pop. 232; John Lempriere (1765-1824), the classical biographer, was rector.


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

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

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