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SHERWILL, a village, a parish, and a hundred, in Devon. The village stands 4¼ miles NE by N of Barnstaple r. station, and has a post-office under Barnstaple. The parish comprises 4,762 acres, and is in Barnstaple district. Real property, £4,261. Pop. in 1851, 725; in 1861, 609. Houses, 123. The manor and most of the land, with Youlston Park, belong to Sir. A. Chichester, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £387.* Patron, Sir A. Chichester, Bart. The church is good.-The hundred contains eleven parishes. Acres, 47,648. Pop., 4,392. Houses, 901.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Shirwell Parish Shirwell Hundred Devon Ancient County |
| Place: | Shirwell |
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