Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Littleham like this:

LITTLEHAM, a village and a parish in St. Thomas district, Devon. The village stands on the coast, 2 miles E of Exmouth r. station; and is a small, scattered, secluded place.—The parish contains also the greater part of the town of Exmouth. Post town, Exmouth, Devon. Acres, 3,651; of which 640 are water. Real property, £15,734; of which £57 are in quarries, and £23 in gas-works. Pop. in 1851,4,150; in 1861,3,904. Houses, 801. Pop., exclusive of Exmouth, in 1851, 261; in 1861,243. Houses, 52. ...

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The manor belonged formerly to the Earls of Devon, and belongs now to the Hon. Mark Rolle. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Exmouth, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £184. * Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is ancient and very good; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and contains a good screen. There are a chapel of ease, a dissenting chapel, and an endowed national school in Exmouth; and there are charities about £14.

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