Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ALLINGTON (East)

ALLINGTON (East), a parish in Kingsbridge district, Devon; 4¾ miles NW of Start bay, and 8 SSW of Totnes r. station. Post Town, Blackawton under Totnes. Acres, 3,646. Real property, with Blackawton, £11,644. Pop., 521. Houses, 111. The property is divided among a few. The parish is a meet for the Slapton harriers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £510.* Patron, W. B. Fortescue, Esq. The church has a screen, contains monuments of the Fortescue family, and is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: East Allington CP/AP       Devon AncC
Place names: ALLINGTON     |     ALLINGTON EAST     |     EAST ALLINGTON
Place: East Allington

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