In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sidbury like this:
SIDBURY, a village and a parish in Honiton district, Devon. The village stands on the river Sid, 3 miles N by E of Sidmouth r. station; was once a market town; and has a post-office under Sidmouth, and fairs on the Tuesday before Holy Thursdav and the Wednesday before 20 Sept. The parish contains also the village of Sidford and the hamlet of Harcombe. ...
Acres, 6,827. Real property, £9,682. Pop. in 1851, 1,872; in l861, 1,682. Houses, 358. Cotford House is the seat of W. R. Bayley, Esq.; and Court Hall, of R. Hunt, Esq. A camp, successively British, Roman, Saxon, and Danish, and measuring about 1,500 feet by 300, is on the ridge of Castle Hill; and several ancient earthworks are in other parts. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £606.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of E. The church is partly Norman, partly later English; and has a tower, rebuilt in 1846. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £83.
Sidbury through time
Sidbury is now part of East Devon district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Devon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sidbury itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sidbury in East Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6180
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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