Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BROWNSTONE

BROWNSTONE, a village and a chapelry in Modbury parish, Devon. The village stands 3 miles NE of Modbury. The chapelry is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter, annexed to the vicarage of Modbury.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Modbury AP/CP       Devon AncC
Place: Brownston

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