Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for POTHERIDGE

POTHERIDGE, a hamlet in Merton parish, Devon; on the river Torridge, 4¼ miles S E of Great Torrington. The manor belonged to the Le Moignes, and passed to the Monks and the Rolles. The Manor House was thebirthplace of General Monk, Duke of Albemarle; and was mostly pulled down after the death of his Duchess.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Merton AP/CP       Devon AncC
Place: Potheridge

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