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BUDLEIGH (East), a village, a parish, a subdistrict, and a hundred in Devon. The village stands on the river Otter, about 2 miles from the coast, 3½ miles E of Lympstone r. station, and 5 WSW of Sidmouth; and has a post office under Exeter. It is large and straggling; consists chiefly of cob cottages; and was once a market town. The parish includes also the village of Budleigh-Salterton, and the hamlets of Great and Little Knowle. Acres, 3,277; of which 40 are water. Real property, £9,463. Pop., 2,496. Houses, 562. The property is divided among a few. Poer-Hayes or Duke's-Hayes belonged successively to the Poer and the Duke families; and Hayes-Barton, a Tudor edifice, now a farmhouse, belonging to Lady Rolle, was the birthplace and property of Sir Walter Raleigh. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Salterton, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £318. Patron, the Hon. Mark Rolle. The church is perpendicular English; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel; and contains the Raleigh's pew, and many monuments. The vicarage of WithycombeRawleigh is a separate benefice. There are a chapel of ease and Baptist and Wesleyan chapels at Budleigh-Salterton, and an Independent chapel at East Budleigh. Charities, £33.-The subdistrict contains also three other parishes and an extra-parochial tract; and is in the district of St. Thomas. Acres, 12,021. Pop., 4,649. Houses, 1,012. The hundred contains twenty-one parishes. Acres, 53,739. Pop. in 1851, 23,178; in 1861, 22,797. Houses, 4,821.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, a subdistrict, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | East Budleigh AP/CP East Budleigh Hundred East Budleigh SubD Devon AncC |
| Place names: | BUDLEIGH | BUDLEIGH EAST | EAST BUDLEIGH |
| Place: | East Budleigh |
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