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HIGHWEEK, a parish in Newton-Abbot district, Devon; on Icknield street, the river Teign, and the Moreton-Hampstead railway, near the South Devon railway, 1 mile NW of Newton-Bushel. Post town, Newton-Abbot. Acres, 2, 422. Real property, £7, 324; of which £71 are in fisheries, and £210 in gas works. Pop., in 1851, 1, 398; in 1861, 1, 571. Houses, 345. The property is subdivided. A triple-ditched camp is at Milberdown. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £330. Patron, the Bishop of ExeterThe church is good; and there are charities £51.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Highweek Parish Newton Abbot Poor Law Union/Registration District Devon Ancient County |
| Place: | Highweek |
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