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.
STOCKLAND, a village and a parish in Axminster district, Devon. The village stands 5 miles NNW of Axminster r. station; is large and scattered; and has a post-office under Honiton, and a cattle fair on the Wednesday after 11 June. The parish includes Dalwood chapelry, and comprises 7,558 acres. Real property, £10,053. Pop., 1,615. Houses, 345. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with Dalwood, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £457.* Patrons, the Freeholders and Inhabitants. The church is ancient. There are a Baptist chapel, an endowed school with £10 a year, and charities £50.
(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: | Stockland AP/CP Axminster RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place: | Stockland |
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