A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
UPOTTERY, a village and a parish in Honiton district, Devon. The village stands on the river Otter, 5 miles NNE of Honiton r. station; and has a post-office under Honiton, and a cattle fair on 17 Oct. The parish includes Rawridge tything, and comprises 5,830 acres. Real property, £6,806. Pop. in 1851, 1,042; in 1861, 940. Houses, 208. The manor, with U. House and about two-thirds of the property, belongs to Viscount Sidmonth. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £392.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of E. The church is ancient but good. There are Independent and Baptist chapels, a national school, and charities £17.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Upottery AP/CP Honiton RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place: | Upottery |
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