A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BUCKLAND-BREWER, a village and a parish in Bideford district, Devon. The village stands 3 miles from the coast, and 4½ SSW of Bideford r. station; and has a post office under Bideford. It was formerly a market town; and it still has fairs on Whit-Tuesday and 2 Nov. The parish contains also the hamlets of Tythacott, Bilsford, and Galsworthy. Acres, 6,157. Real property, £4,056. Pop., 922. Houses, 178. The property is divided among three. The manor belonged, in the time of Henry III., to the Brewers; and belongs now to the Rolle family. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacies of East Putford and Bulkworthy, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £244.* Patron, the Crown. The church is large and ancient; has a Norman door and a lofty tower; and contains many ancient monuments. There are chapels for Baptists and Bible Christians.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Buckland Brewer AP/CP Bideford RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place: | Buckland Brewer |
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