Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHITFORD

WHITFORD, a village in Shute parish, Devon; 3¼ miles SW of Axminster. It has a post-office under Axminster, and a fair on the Monday before Michaelmas.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Shute Ch/CP       Devon AncC
Place: Whitford

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