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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
DODBROOKE, a small town and a parish in Kings-bridge district, Devon. The town forms the eastern part of Kingsbridge town; is more ancient than Kingsbridge; belonged to the widow of Edward the Confessor; contains Pindar-Lodge, the birth-place of Dr. Wolcott, better known as Peter Pindar; was the first place in which white ale was brewed; shares generally in the trade of Kingsbridge; and has a fair of its own on the Wednesday before Palm Sunday. The parish comprises 464 acres; of which 105 are water. Post town, Kingsbridge. Real property, with Kingsbridge and Churstow, £12, 586. Rated property of D-alone, £1, 482. Pop., 1, 183. Houses, 238. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £183.* Patron, Rev. J. Dewing. The church is very old, but was not long ago repaired. Charities, £15.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small town and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Dodbrooke AP/CP Devon AncC |
| Place: | Dodbrooke |
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