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COFFINSWELL, a parish in Newton-Abbot district, Devon; on the Torquay railway, near Kings-Kerswell station, 4 miles SE of Newton-Abbot. It includes the hamlet of Daccombe; and its post town is Kings-Kerswell, under Newton-Abbot. Acres, 1, 126. Real property, £1, 784. Pop., 194. Houses, 44. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Sir W. P. Carew, Bart. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of St. Mary-Church, in the diocese of Exeter. The church is old and neat, but not good.
(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: | Coffinswell Parish Newton Abbot Poor Law Union/Registration District Devon Ancient County |
| Place: | Coffinswell |
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