Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for VIRGINSTOW

VIRGINSTOW, a parish in Holsworthy district, Devon; 5 miles N of Lifton r. station, and 6½ NNE of Launceston. Post town, Launceston. Acres, 1,274. Real property, £1,004. Pop., 141. Houses, 31. The manor belongs to H. Blagrove, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £103.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in 1852.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Virginstow AP/CP       Holsworthy RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place: Virginstow

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