Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MOTHECOMBE

MOTHECOMBE, a hamlet in Holbeton parish, Devon; on the estuary of the Erme, 4¼ miles SW of Modbury. It has a coast-guard station. Mothecombe House was the seat of the Pollexfens, the Calmadys, and others.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Holbeton AP/CP       Devon AncC
Place: Mothecombe

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