In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitford like this:

WHITFORD, a village in Shute parish, Devon; 3¼ miles SW of Axminster. It has a post-office under Axminster, and a fair on the Monday before Michaelmas.

Whitford through time

Whitford is now part of EAST DEVON District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST DEVON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whitford itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitford, in East Devon and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21221

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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