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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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TAWTON (North), a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred, in Devon. The village stands near the Yeoford and Okehampton railway, 6½ miles NE of Okehampton; was once a market-town; and has a r. station with telegraph, a post-office,‡ designated North tawton, North Devon, and three annual fairs.—The parish includes Week hamlet, and comprises 5,814 acres. Real property, £7,392. Pop., 1,849. Houses, 388. The property is subdivided. There are a woollen and serge manufactory, and a copious intermitting spring. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £751.* Patron, the Rev. G. Hole. The church is old but good. There are three dissenting chapels, a free school, and some charities.—The sub-district contains 7 parishes, and is in Okehampton district. Acres, 24,560. Pop., 4,322. Houses, 901.-The hundred contains 20 parishes, and is called North Tawton and Winkleigh. Acres, 68,533. Pop., 12,666. Houses, 2,624.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | North Tawton CP/AP North Tawton and Winkleigh Hundred Tawton SubD Devon AncC |
| Place names: | NORTH TAWTON | TAWTON | TAWTON NORTH |
| Place: | North Tawton |
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