St Giles in the Wood, Devon : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about St Giles in the Wood. You may be able to find further references to St Giles in the Wood in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
GILES' (St.) IN-THE-WOOD, or Stow-St-Giles a parish Imperial
St Giles in the Wood parish Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with St Giles in the Wood.

Place Type of entry Source
Healand hamlet Bartholomew
HEALAND a hamlet Imperial
High Bullen hamlet Bartholomew
Kingscott hamlet Bartholomew
KINGSCOTT a hamlet Imperial

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Great Torrington 3 2
Beaford 0 2
Yarnscombe 0 2
Roborough 0 2
Huntshaw 0 2
Potheridge 0 2
Little Torrington 0 4
Merton 0 2
High Bickington 0 3
Alverdiscott 0 2
Atherington 0 2
Weare Giffard 0 2
Dolton 0 2
Harracott 0 2
Newton Tracey 0 2
Newbridge 0 1
Huish 0 4
Monkleigh 0 2
Peters Marland 0 2
Landcross 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for St Giles in the Wood. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
GILES ST IN THE WOOD OR STOW ST GILES John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
ST GILES IN THE WOOD John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

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