Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOPE-COVE

HOPE-COVE, a fishing hamlet in South Huish parish, Devon; on Bigbury bay, 4¼ miles SW of Kingsbridge. It is a sequestered place, amid wild scenery; has an inn; and was formerly noted for smuggling.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a fishing hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: South Huish Ch/CP       Devon AncC
Place: Hope Cove

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