Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for South Molton

South Molton, mun. bor., market town, and par. with ry. sta., Devon, on r. Mole, 10½ miles SE. of Barnstaple, 6264 ac., pop. 3340; P.O., T.O.; 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Saturday. See MOLTON, SOUTH.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "municipal borough, market town, and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: South Molton CP/AP       South Molton Borough       Devon AncC
Place: South Molton

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