Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for South Brent

South Brent, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Brent), Devon - par., 9374 ac., pop. 1298; vil., on river Avon, 7 miles W. of Totnes; P.O., T.O.; was formerly a market town, and still has half-yearly fairs.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: South Brent AP/CP       Devon AncC
Place: South Brent

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