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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Petton like this:
PETTON, a hamlet in Bampton parish, Devon; near Bampton. It has a chapel of ease. Pop., 315.
Petton is now part of MID DEVON District. Click here for graphs and data of how MID DEVON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Petton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Petton, in Mid Devon and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23250
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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