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SALCOMBE-REGIS, a parish in Honiton district, Devon; on the coast, 2 miles E N E of Sidmouth r. station. Post-town, Sidmouth. Acres, 2, 605; of which 40 are water. Real property, £4, 199. Pop., 434. Houses, 99. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Crown. There are several neat mansions, and a coast-guard station. S. down commands a nobleview. Freestone is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £143.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is ancient but good. There is a national school.
(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: | Salcombe Regis Parish Honiton Poor Law Union/Registration District Devon Ancient County |
| Place: | Salcombe Regis |
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