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SOURTON, a parish, with a few small hamlets, in Okehampton district, Devon; 5 miles SW of Okehampton r. station. Post town, Bridestow, North Devon. Acres, 5,018. Real property, £2,889; of which £450 are in quarries. Pop., 543. Houses, 105. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Bridestow. The church is partly old, and was partly rebuilt in 1847.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a few small hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Sourton Parish Okehampton Poor Law Union/Registration District Devon Ancient County |
| Place: | Sourton |
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