Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THORVERTON

THORVERTON, a parish, with a village, in Tiverton district, Devon; 3¾ miles NW of Stoke-Canon r. station, and 7 N of Exeter. It has a post-office‡ under Collumpton, and fairs on the last Monday of Feb., and the Monday after 18 July. Acres, 4,036. Real property, £6,334. Pop. in 1851, 1,511; in 1861, 1,211. Houses, 276. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £507.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of E. The church is good; and there are a Baptist chapel, national schools, and charities £62.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Thorverton CP/AP       Devon AncC
Place: Thorverton

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