Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BROADHEMPSTON

BROADHEMPSTON, a village and a parish in Newton-Abbot district, Devon. The village stands 2 miles from the Dart river, 2 from the South Devon railway, and 4 N of Totnes; and has a post office under Totnes. The parish comprises 2,047 acres. Real property, £4,148. Pop., 661. Houses, 155. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged formerly to the Cantelupes; and belongs now to E. Palk, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £311.* Patron, the Crown. The church consists of nave, chancel, and aisles; and has an ancient oak screen. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Broadhempston CP/AP       Newton Abbot RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place: Broadhempston

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