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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hele like this:
HELE, a hamlet in Bradninch parish, Devon; adjacent to the Bristol and Exeter railway, 3½ miles SW of Collumpton. It has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post office under Collumpton.
Hele 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 Hele itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hele, in East Devon and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24731
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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