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WOOLFARDIS WORTHY, or Woolsery, a village and a parish in Bideford district, Devon. The village stands 9½ miles WSW of Bideford r. station; is a seat of petty-sessions; and has a post-office, of the name of Woolsery, under Bideford, a hotel, and two annual fairs. The parish includes four hamlets, and comprises 5,798 acres. Real property, £2,756. Pop., 776. Houses, 156. The property is chiefly divided among seven. There are several neat residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £65.* Patron, Mrs. L. E. Hawkes. The church is ancient. The p. curacy of Buckmills is a separate benefice. There are three dissenting chapels and a national school.
(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: | Woolfardisworthy Parish Bideford Poor Law Union/Registration District Devon Ancient County |
| Place names: | WOOLFARDIS WORTHY | WOOLFARDIS WORTHY OR WOOLSERY | WOOLSERY |
| Place: | Woolfardisworthy |
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