Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bishops-Tawton

Bishops-Tawton, par. and vil., N. Devon, on river Taw, 2 miles SE. of Barnstaple, 4263 ac., pop. 1895; P.O.; once the seat of the see of Devonshire.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bishops Tawton CP/AP       Devon AncC
Place: Bishops Tawton

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