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ASHFORD, a parish in Barnstaple district, Devon; on the north side of the estuary of the Taw, 2¼ miles NW of Barnstaple r. station. Post Town, Barnstaple. Acres, 359. Real property, £706. Pop., 157. Houses, 31. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £110. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was built in 1854, and is a neat small edifice, with low square tower and a spire.
(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: | Ashford Parish Barnstaple Poor Law Union/Registration District Devon Ancient County |
| Place: | Ashford |
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