Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Princetown

Princetown, vil. with ry. sta., Lidford par., Devon, in Dartmoor Forest, 12 miles by rail and 6 by road NE. of Horrabridge sta.; P.O., T.O., called Prince Town. The Dartmoor Convict Prison is in vicinity. See DARTMOOR.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lydford AP/CP       Devon AncC
Place names: PRINCETOWN     |     PRINCE TOWN
Place: Princetown

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