Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Yealmpton

Yealmpton, par. and vil., Devon, on river Yealm, 6½ miles SE. of Plymouth, 3371 ac. and 108 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 932; P.O., T.O.; was anciently known as Yealhampton, and was an important place, with the status of a borough.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yealmpton AP/CP       Devon AncC
Place: Yealmpton

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