Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOOLFARDISWORTHY, or Woolsery

WOOLFARDISWORTHY, or Woolsery, a parish in Crediton district, Devon; 6 miles N by W of Crediton r. station. Post town, Crediton. Acres, 1,815. Real property, £1,638. Pop., 175. Houses, 36. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £335. Patron, Capt. Benn. The church was rebuilt in 1845. There is a national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Woolfardisworthy CP/AP       Crediton RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place names: WOOLFARDISWORTHY     |     WOOLFARDISWORTHY OR WOOLSERY     |     WOOLSERY
Place: Woolfardisworthy

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