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LANDSCOVE, a chapelry in Staverton parish, Devon; near the river Dart and the South Devon railway, 4 miles N of Totnes. It was constituted in 1852; and its post-town is Ashburton, under Newton-Abbot. Pop, 399. Houses, 80. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £75.* Patron, the Vicar of Staverton. The church is a handsome modern edifice, and was erected at the expense of Miss Champernoune. There is a public school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Landscove EP Staverton AP/CP Devon AncC |
Place: | Landscove |
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