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LENSDEN, a chapelry in Widecombe-in-the-Moor parish, Devon; on the E side of Dartmoor, 6 miles NNW of Ashburton r. station. It was constituted in 1863; and its Post town is Ashburton, under Newton-Abbot. Pop., 400. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, not reported.* Patron, Mrs. Larpent. The church was built in 1863.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Widecombe in the Moor AP/CP Devon AncC |
Place: | Leusdon |
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