A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BIGBURY, a village, a parish, and a bay in Kingsbridge district, Devon. The village stands on the right side of the river Avon, 1½ mile from the bay, 3½ S of Modbury, and 8 S of Ivybridge r. station. The parish includes also the hamlet of St. Ann's Chapel; and its Post Town is Modbury, under Ivybridge. Acres, 3,167; of which 265 are water. Real property, £3,758. Pop., 497. Houses, 108. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £658.* Patron,-Livingston, Esq. The church is perpendicular English, with tower and spire; and is good. There are chapels for Baptists and Bible Christians.-The bay extends from Bolt-Tail to Stoke-Point; measures 7 ¼. miles across the entrance, and 3¾ thence to the head; receives the rivers Avon and Ferme; is beset with rocks, and very dangerous in navigation; has several coves in its coast; and presents a variety of picturesque views.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a bay" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bigbury AP/CP Kingsbridge RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place: | Bigbury |
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