You searched for "BIGBURY" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, but the match we found was not what you wanted. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 16 possible matches we have found for you:

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• You have just searched a list of the main towns, villages and localities of Britain which we have kept as simple as possible. It is based on a much more detailed list of legally defined administrative units: counties, districts, parishes, wapentakes and so on. This is the real heart of our system, and you may be better off directly searching it. These administrative units are not currently included within "places" and exactly match your search term:

  Unit Name	Type of Unit	Containing Unit (and Type)
  BIGBURY	Manor	NEWCHURCH CP/AP (Parish-level Unit)

  It may also be worth using "sound-alike" and wildcard searching to find units with names similar to your search term:
  
  



• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "BIGBURY":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  AVON (The)	Devon	direction to the S, about 20 miles, past Diptford and Aveton-Gifford to the Eng lish channel at Bigbury bay.	Imperial
  Bigbury	Devon	Bigbury , par. and vil., S. Devon, on river Avon, 3½ miles S. of Modbury, 3167 ac., pop. 451.	Bartholomew
  BIGBURY	Devon	BIGBURY , a village, a parish, and a bay in Kingsbridge district, Devon. The village stands on the right side of the river	Imperial
  Bigbury Bay	Devon	Bigbury Bay , on SW. coast of Devon; beset with rocks, and dangerous to navigation.	Bartholomew
  Borough Island	Devon	Borough Island , islet, in Bigbury Bay, at mouth of river Avon, S. Devon.	Bartholomew
  BOROUGH ISLAND	Devon	BOROUGH ISLAND , an islet in Bigbury bay, at the mouth of the river Avon, in Devon.	Imperial
  Ernie	Devon	Ernie , river, S. Devon; rises in Dartmoor, and flows 14 miles S. to English Channel at Bigbury Bay.	Bartholomew
  EXETER	Cornwall Devon	Bigbury, Charleton, Dodbrooke, Moreleigh, South Pool, Portlemouth, Ringmore, Thurleston, and Woodleigh; the vicarages of West Allington, Churstow, Kingsbridge, Loddeswell, and Stokenham	Imperial
  HOPE-COVE	Devon	Bigbury bay, 4¼ miles SW of Kingsbridge. It is a sequestered place, amid wild scenery; has an inn; and was formerly	Imperial
  KINGSBRIDGE	Devon	Bigbury, and Aveton-Gifford; the sub-district of Blackawton, containing the parishes of Blackawton, Stoke-Fleming, and Slapton; the sub-district	Imperial
  Membland	Devon	Membland , hamlet and seat, Holbeton par., Devon, near Bigbury Bay, 6 miles SW. of Modbury.	Bartholomew
  MEMBLAND	Devon	Bigbury bay, 6 miles SW by W of Modbury. Membland House belonged to the Hillersdons, the Champernownes, and others; and passed	Imperial
  Stoke Point	Devon	Stoke Point , promontory, Devon, 5½ miles SE. of Plymouth, on W. side of Bigbury Bay.	Bartholomew
  Yealm	Devon	Channel between Bigbury Bay and Plymouth Sound; a little below Yealmpton it widens into Yealm Mouth , an exceedingly picturesque inlet.	Bartholomew
  YEALM (The)	Devon	Fartmoor; and running about 12 miles south-south-westward to the English channel, midway between Bigbury-bay and Plymouth-sound.	Imperial

  It may also be worth using "sound-alike" and wildcard searching to find names similar to your search term:
  
  



• Place-names also appear in our collection of British travel writing. If the place-name you are interested in appears in our simplified list of "places", the search you have just done should lead you to mentions by travellers. However, many other places are mentioned, including places outside Britain and weird mis-spellings. You can search for them in the Travel Writing section of this site.



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