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UPLYME, a parish, with a village, in Axminster district, Devon; 4 miles SSE of Axminster r. station. It has a post-office under Lyme. Acres, 3,199; of which 50 are water. Real property, £5,785; of which £295 are in quarries. Pop., 989. Houses, 221. The manor belonged to Glastonbury abbey; passed to the Drakes; and, with Rhode-Hill mansion, belongs now to R. Talbot, Esq. A Roman bath, a tesselated pavement, and other Roman relics have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £461.* Patron, the Rev.W. Ethelston. The church was restored in 1852. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Uplyme AP/CP Axminster RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
Place: | Uplyme |
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