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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Upton Pyne like this:
UPTON-PYNE, a parish in St. Thomas district, Devon; on the North Devon railway, 3 miles N by W of Exeter. Post town, Exeter. Acres, 1,852. Real property, £3,779. Pop., 455. Houses, 98. The manor belonged anciently to the Pynes; and, with Pynes House, belongs now to Sir S. H. Northcote, Bart. Manganese was for some time worked, but is now exhausted. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £482.* Patron, Sir S. H. Northcote, Bart. The church is ancient but good. There are a national school, and charities £7.
Upton Pyne 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 Upton Pyne itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chaceley, in Tewkesbury and Worcestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4247
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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