Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LEWDOWN

LEWDOWN, a village in Lew-Trenchard, Marystow, and Thrushelton parishes, Devon; 8 miles N by W of Tavistock. It has a post office, designated Lewdown, North Devon, and a cattle fair on the Wednesday before the third Thursday of April.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Thrushelton CP/Ch       Devon AncC
Place: Lewdown

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