A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BROMPTON-REGIS, a village and a parish in the district of Tiverton, and county of Somerset. The village stands near the river Exe, 3½ miles NE of Dulverton, and 10 N by W of Tiverton r. station; and has a post office under Tiverton. It was once a market town; and fairs are still held at it on 1 Aug. and the second Thursday after 10 Oct. The parish comprises 8,810 acres. Real property, £6,718. Pop., 929. Houses, 182. The property is much subdivided. A priory of Black canons was founded at Barlinch, in the time of Henry H., by William de Lay. Building stone abounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £400.* Patron, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The church was restored in 1853. There are Independent and Bible Christian chapels, and charities £18.
(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: | Brompton Regis AP/CP Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Brompton Regis |
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