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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Broad Nymet like this:
BROAD-NYMET, a chapelry in North Tawton parish, Devon; 1 mile W of Bow, and 6 W of Yeoford r. station. Acres, 451. Pop., returned with the parish. The living is a sinecure rectory in the diocese of Exeter. The church is early English, and has interesting features; but has gone to ruin.
Broad Nymet is now part of WEST DEVON District. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST DEVON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Broad Nymet itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Broad Nymet, in West Devon and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20689
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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