Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MEMBLAND

MEMBLAND, a hamlet in Holbeton parish, Devon; n ear Bigbury bay, 6 miles SW by W of Modbury. Membland House belonged to the Hillersdons, the Champernownes, and others; and passed to the Rev. Sir P. Perring, Bart.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Holbeton AP/CP       Devon AncC
Place: Membland

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