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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HAWKRIDGE, a village and a parish in Dulverton district, Somerset. The village stands on a hill adjacent to the rivulet Dun, at the boundary with Devon, and near the river Barle, 4 miles WNW of Dulverton, and 15 NW by N of Tiverton r. station; and has postal commnnication, through Dulverton, under Tiverton. The parish comprises 3, 725 acres. Real property, £981. Pop. in 1851, 69; in 1861, 110. Houses, 19. The increase of pop. arose partly from the employment of labourers in enclosing a large common. The property is divided among a few. Ruins of a baronial castle are adjacent to the Dun, at Castle bridge. The parish is a meet for the Dulverton harriers, and the Devon and Somerset hounds. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Withypoole, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £450.* Patron, the Rev. J. Jekyll. The church is Norman and good; consists of nave and chancel with a square tower; and has a Norman font, hewn out of a native block of stone, at least half a ton in weight.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hawkridge AP/CP Dulverton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Hawkridge |
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