In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Horrabridge like this:
HORRABRIDGE, a chapelry in Buckland-Monachorum, Sampford-Spiney, and Walkhampton parishes, Devon; on an affluent of the river Tavy, and on the Tavistock railway, 4 miles SSE of Tavistock. It has a r. station with telegraph, and a head post office. Pop., 1, 238. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £150. Patron, the Bishop of E. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Horrabridge through time
Horrabridge is now part of West Devon district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Devon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Horrabridge itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Horrabridge in West Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22701
Date accessed: 15th May 2024
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