Hemyock (or Hemmick) | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)

Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hemyock (or Hemmick)

Hemyock (or Hemmick), par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. Devon, 7¼ miles E. of Tiverton Junction, 5437 ac., pop. 898; P.O., 1 Bank; has ruins of a moated Norman castle, used by the Parliamentarians as a prison during the civil war, and dismantled by Cromwell in 1646.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description:	"parish and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units:	Hemyock Parish Devon Ancient County
Place names:	HEMMICK \| HEMYOCK \| HEMYOCK OR HEMMICK
Place:	Hemyock

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