Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOOLBOROUGH

WOOLBOROUGH, a parish in Newton-Abbot district, Devon; containing chief part of Newton-Abbot town. Post town, Newton-Abbot. Acres, 1,231. Real property, £15,437; of which £37 are in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 3,227; in 1861, 4,427. Houses, 853. The living is a donative in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £235. Patron, the Earl of Devon. See Newton-Abbot.


(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: Newton Abbot RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place: Wolborough

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