Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SOURTON

SOURTON, a parish, with a few small hamlets, in Okehampton district, Devon; 5 miles SW of Okehampton r. station. Post town, Bridestow, North Devon. Acres, 5,018. Real property, £2,889; of which £450 are in quarries. Pop., 543. Houses, 105. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Bridestow. The church is partly old, and was partly rebuilt in 1847.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a few small hamlets"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Sourton Ch/CP       Okehampton RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place: Sourton

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