A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
TORWOOD, a chapelry chiefly in Tor-Moham parish, and partly in St. Marychurch parish, Devon; 2 miles N by E of Torquay r. station. It was constituted in 1857; and its Post town is Torquay. Pop., 2,491. Houses, 303. The living is a p. curacy, united with St. Matthias chapelry, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £200. Patron, Sir L. Palk, Bart.
(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: | Devon AncC |
| Place: | Torwood |
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