Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BULKWORTHY

BULKWORTHY, a parish in Bideford district, Devon; on the river Torridge, 7 miles SW by W of Great Torrington, and 9 SSW of Bideford r. station. Post Town, Buckland-Brewer, under Bideford. Acres, 1,115. Real property, £613. Pop., 128. Houses, 28. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the family of Rolle. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Buckland-Brewer, in the diocese of Exeter. The church was built by Lord Chief Justice Hackford.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bulkworthy CP/Ch       Bideford RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place: Bulkworthy

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