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A vision of Britain through time
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ROBOROUGH, a village and a parish in Torrington district, Devon. The village stands 4 miles W S W of Portsmouth-Arms r. station, and 5½ E S E of Great Torrington; was anciently called Rougaburga; and took thatname from beorghs or burying-places in its neighbour-hood. The parish contains also the hamlet of Ebberly; and its post town is Torrington, North Devon. Acres, 3, 114. Real property, £2, 426. Pop., 478. Houses, 86. The property is divided among a few. The manor of R. belonged, at the Norman conquest, to the Russells; and, with Ebberly House, belongs now toHole, Esq. The manor of Coombe belonged recently to J. Vivian, Esq.; and belongs now to the Hon. Mark Rolle. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £193.* Patron, the Rev. T. May. The church is ancient. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a parochial school.
(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: | Roborough AP/CP Torrington RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place names: | ROBOROUGH | ROUGABURGA |
| Place: | Roborough |
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