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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whimple like this:
WHIMPLE, a village and a parish in St. Thomas district, Devon. The village stands on the London, Yeovil, and Exeter railway, 4 miles WNW of Ottery-St. Mary; and has a post-office under Exeter, a r. station, and a fair on the Monday after Michaelmas. The parish includes Strete-Raleigh tything, and comprises 3,019 acres. Real property, £5,497. Pop., 736. Houses, 142. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £357.* Patron, the Rev. L. Sanders. The church is ancient but good. There are a national school, and charities £5.
Whimple 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 Whimple itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whimple, in East Devon and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4256
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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