Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COTLEIGH

COTLEIGH, a parish in Honiton district, Devon; near the Yeovil and Exeter railway, 3 miles ENE of Honiton. Post town, Honiton. Acres, 1, 218. Real property, £1, 736. Pop., 188. Houses, 37. The property is divided among a few. Cotleigh House is a principal residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £229.* Patron, Lady Ashburton. The church consists of nave, chancel, north aisle, and south porch, with western embattled tower; has Norman parts; and is good. Charities, £15.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cotleigh Parish       Honiton Poor Law Union/Registration District       Devon Ancient County
Place: Cotleigh

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