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.
NEWPORT, a suburban village and a chapelry in Bishops-Tawton parish, Devon. The village is suburban to Barnstaple, on its S side, near the r. station; has a post-office under Barnstaple; was a borough, governed by a mayor, in the time of Henry VI.; and had, from theyear 1294, a market and a fair which now are obsolete. The chapelry was constituted in 1847. Real property, £3, 784. Pop., 1,027. Houses, 212. The living is a p.curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £300.* Patron, the Vicar of Bishops-Tawton. The church stands at the top of the village, and is a very plain edifice. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a suburban village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bishops Tawton CP/AP Devon AncC |
| Place: | Newport |
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