In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lidwell like this:
LITHWELL, or LUIDWELL, a hamlet, formerly a chapelry, in Dawlish parish, Devon; 3 miles NW of Teignmouth. The ruins of the chapel still exist; and a well, covered with a slab of granite, is among them. A legend says that a priest here, in the 16th century, waylaid and murdered travellers on a neighbouring heath, hoarded the money which he found on them beneath the altar of the chapel, and threw their bodies into the well.
Additional information about this locality is available for Dawlish
Lidwell through time
Lidwell is now part of Teignbridge district. Click here for graphs and data of how Teignbridge has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lidwell itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lidwell, in Teignbridge and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24941
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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