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

HARRACOTT, a hamlet-chapelry in Tawstock parish, Devon; 4 miles SW of Barnstaple r. station. Post-town, Tawstock, under Barnstaple. The living is annexed to Tawstock rectory, in the diocese of Exeter.

Harracott through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24730

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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