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OKEMENT, or Ock (The), a river in Devon; rising in two head-streams, one of them at Cranmere-pool, near the centre of Dartmoor, 3½ miles S S E of Yes Tor; unitingthese head-streams 6 or 7 miles to the N of Okehampton; and running thence about 7 miles northward to the Torridge, 2 miles N N E of Hatherleigh. Its trout, though small, are noted for excellence.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Devon Ancient County |
| Place names: | OCK | OKEMENT | OKEMENT OR OCK THE | THE OCK | THE OKEMENT |
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