Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Broadhembury

Broadhembury. par. and vil., N. Devon, 5½ miles NW. of Honiton, 4703 ac., pop. 675; P.O. Toplady (1740-1778), author of " Rock of Ages", was vicar.


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

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

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