Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MILTON-ABBOT

MILTON-ABBOT, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in Tavistock district, Devon. The village stands 1½ mile E of the river Tamar, at the boundary with Cornwall, and 6¼ NW of Tavistock r. station; is a pleasant place; and has a post office under Tavistock, and a fair on the Wednesday after 20 July. The parish contains also the hamlets of Chillaton, Edgcumbe, Foghanger, and Quither. Acres, 6,617. Real property, £8,540; of which £10 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 1,242; in 1861,1,062. Houses, 220. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to Tavistock abbey; went, at the dissolution, to Lord Russell; and belongs now to the Duke of Bedford. Endsleigh is a villa-seat of the Duke of Bedford; stands amid romantic scenery on the river Tamar; was built in 1810, after designs by Sir G. Wyattville; presents an aspect of remarkable but picturesque irregularity; and has grounds with features of striking interest, including the Dairy dell, the Alpine garden with a Swiss cottage, and the Terrace commanding a very beautiful view. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £557.* Patron, the Duke of Bedford. The church is later English, and has a pinnacled tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Bible Christians, a boys' free school, a girls' free school, and charities £6. -The sub-district contains also four other parishes and part of another. Acres, 22,746. Pop., 4,728. Houses, 927.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a subdistrict"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Milton Abbot CP/AP       Milton Abbot SubD       Tavistock RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place: Milton Abbot

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