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YARCOMBE, a parish, with a village, in the district of Chard, and county of Devon; 5 miles W by S of Chard r. station. It has a post-office under Chard. Acres, 4,689. Real property, £5,540. Pop., 815. Houses, 154. The manor was given by William the Conqueror, to St. Michael abbey, in Norm and y; passed to the priory of Otterton; and belongs now to Sir T. T. Drake, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £486* Patron, the Crown. The church is good; and there are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £31.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Yarcombe Parish Devon Ancient County |
| Place: | Yarcombe |
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