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FARWAY, a village and a parish in Honiton district, Devon. The village stands in a picturesque valley, flanked by bold hills, 3¼ miles S by E of Honiton town and r. station; and has a post office under Honiton. The parish comprises 2, 578 acres. Real property, £2, 471. Pop., 373. Houses, 71. Farway manor was given, at the Conquest, to the Bishop of Constance, in Normandy; and passed to the Poles, the Courtenays, and others. Netherton manor belonged to Canonsleigh abbey; was purchased, after the dissolution, by Sir B. Drake; belongs now to Sir Edmund S. Prideaux, Bart.; and has a mansion, of the time of Elizabeth, called Netherton Hall. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £247.* Patron, the Rev. H. Marker. The church is partly of the year 1628, but has traces of Norman; consists of nave, chancel, and north aisle, with western tower; and contains monuments to the families of Prideaux, Gould, and Atkinson.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Farway AP/CP Honiton RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place: | Farway |
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