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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newbridge like this:
NEWBRIDGE, a hamlet in Huish parish, Devon; about a mile from Huish church. It was the birthplace of Saunders, the demonstrator of anatomy at St. Thomashospital, London, and author of works on the diseases of the eye and the ear.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Newbridge by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
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Huish | 0 | 4 |
Dolton | 0 | 2 |
Meeth | 0 | 2 |
Dowland | 0 | 2 |
Merton | 0 | 2 |
Petrockstow | 0 | 2 |
Potheridge | 0 | 2 |
Beaford | 0 | 2 |
Iddesleigh | 0 | 2 |
Roborough | 0 | 2 |
Peters Marland | 0 | 2 |
Buckland Filleigh | 0 | 2 |
Monk Okehampton | 0 | 2 |
Hatherleigh | 0 | 2 |
Sheepwash | 0 | 2 |
Little Torrington | 0 | 4 |
Ashreigney | 0 | 3 |
St Giles in the Wood | 0 | 2 |
Broadwood Kelly | 0 | 2 |
Winkleigh | 0 | 2 |