A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
NEWTON-POPPLEFORD, a village, a tything, and a chapelry, in Aylesbear parish, Devon. The village stands on the river Otter, 3 miles N W by W of Sidmouth r. station; took the latter part of its name from oval pebbles found in the soil, and from a ford in the river; and has a post-office under Exeter, a bridge over the Otter, and fairs on Holy Thursday, and the Wednesday after 17 Oct. The bridge was erected in 1840, at a cost of about £2, 500. The tything and the chapelry are coextensive. Real property, £1,018. Pop. in 1851, 526; in 1861, 661. Houses, 141. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £45. Patron, the Vicar of Aylesbear. The church was founded as a chantry-chapel, about 1330, by Edward III.; was enlarged in 1826; and has an ancient tower. There is a slightly endowed school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a tything, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Devon AncC |
| Place: | Newton Poppleford |
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