In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woodbury Salterton like this:
SALTERTON, or Woodbury-Salterton, a chapelry in Woodbury and Colaton-Raleigh parishes, Devon; 3 miles E of Topsham r. station. It was constituted in 1845; and its post town is Woodbury, under Exeter. Pop., 498. Houses, 100. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £133. Patron, Mrs. Thornycroft. The church is in the Doric style. There is a free school.
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Woodbury Salterton through time
Woodbury Salterton is now part of East Devon district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Devon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Woodbury Salterton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woodbury Salterton in East Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24448
Date accessed: 20th May 2024
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