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ROOSDOWN, an extra-parochial chapelry in Axminster district, Devon; on the coast, 4 miles S of Axminster r. station. Post-town, Axminster. Acres, 200; of.which 10 are water. Pop., 13. House, 1. The landlies high; belonged formerly to the Downe family; and belongs now to the Rev. T. B. Bartlett. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £35. Patron, the Rev. T. B. Bartlett. The church is in ruins.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an extra-parochial chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Axminster Poor Law Union/Registration District Devon Ancient County |
| Place: | Rousdon |
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