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POSBURY, a chapelry in Crediton parish, Devon; 2¼ miles S W of Crediton r. station. Post-town, Crediton, North Devon. The statistics are not separately returned. Posbury-hill here was once fortified on the summit; and it commands an extensive view. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, not reported. Patron, J. H. Hippesley, Esq. The church is modern.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Crediton Parish Devon Ancient County |
| Place: | Posbury |
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