Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Prawle

Prawle, fishing vil., Chivelstone par., Devon, 7 miles SE. of Kingsbridge; a coastguard station is here. Prawle Point is a craggy headland, flanking the E. side of entrance to Salcombe Haven, and is the most southerly part of Devon.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "fishing village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Chivelstone CP/AP       Devon AncC
Place: Prawle

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