Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWTON-ST. PETROCK

NEWTON-ST. PETROCK, a parish, with a village, in Bideford district, Devon; on the river Torridge, 7½ miles N E by N of Holsworthy, and 11 S S W of Bideford r. station. Post-town, Highampton, North Devon. Acres, 1, 556. Real property, £1, 223. Pop., 231. Houses, 48. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Mrs. Buck. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £220. * Patron, the Rev. F. D. Lempriere. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower. There is a Baptist chapel.


(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: Newton St Petrock AP/CP       Bideford RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place: Newton St Petrock

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