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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "WEST ANSTEY":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Anstey, East and West	Devon	Anstey, East and West , 2 pars., N. Devon, 4 and 5 miles SW. of Durverton, on river Yeo -- 3245 ac., pop. 234; and 3008 ac., pop. 235.	Bartholomew
  ANSTEY (West)	Devon	ANSTEY (West) , a parish in South Molton district, Devon; on the river Yeo, contiguous to East Anstey. Post Town, Dulverton	Imperial
  BATH	Somerset	BATH , a city and a district in Somerset. The city stands on the river Avon, the Fossé way, Akeman	Imperial
  BURY-ST. EDMUNDS	Suffolk	west Norman tower; is 213 feet long; and contains altar-tombs of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and five persons of the 15th century. St. James' church was built in 1200, rebuilt in 1500, and repaired in 1820; and the chancel was rebuilt, very ornately, in 1869. St. John's church was built in 1841, at a cost of £6,000; and is a handsome structure. St. Peter's church is a recent erection, at a cost of £3,000. The dissenting chapels are two Independent, two Baptist, one Quaker, one Unitarian, two Methodist, and one Brethren	Imperial
  CAMBRIDGE	Cambridgeshire	CAMBRIDGE , a university town, the capital of Cambridgeshire. It stands on the Via Devana, the river Cam, and the Eastern	Imperial
  COVENTRY	Warwickshire	COVENTRY , a town, a district, and a quondam city-county, in Warwick. The town stands on the river Sherbourne, at	Imperial
  East Anstey	Devon	East Anstey , ry. sta., on N. border of Devon, 11 m. E. of South Molton. See ANSTEY, EAST AND WEST.	Bartholomew
  EXETER	Cornwall Devon	West Putford, Pyworthy, Sutcombe, Tettcott, and Thornbury; the vicarages of Bradworthy and Bridgerule; and the p. curacies of Abbots-Bickington, Pancras-Wyke, Clawton, and Cookbury. The deanery of Shirwell contains the rectories of Arlington, Berrynarbor, Bittadon, Bratton-Fleming, Brendon, East Buckland, West Buckland, Challacombe, Charles, Coombmartin, East Down, Georgeham, Goodleigh, Heanton-Punchardon, Highbray, Kentisbury, Loxhore, Martinhoe, Marwood, Parracombe, Shirwell, Stoke-Rivers, and Trentishee; the vicarages of Braunton, West Down, Ilfracombe, and Morthoe; and the p. curacies of Lee, Ilfracombe-St. Philip and St. James, Lynton, and Countisbury. The deanery of South Molton contains the rectories of East Anstey	Imperial
  MOLTON (SOUTH)	Devon	West Buckland, Filleigh, and Chittlehamlpton. Acres, 39,877. Pop., 8,698. Houses, 1,862.—The district comprehends also the sub-district of Chulmleigh, containing the parishes of Chulmleigh, Cheldon, West Worlington, East Worlington, Burrington, Warkleigh, Satterleigh, Meshaw, Romansleigh, Kings-Nympton, and George-Nympton; and the sub-district of Witheridge, containing the parishes of Witheridge, Rackenford, Creacombe, Knowstone, Rose-Ash, Mariansleigh, Bishops-Nympton, Molland, West Anstey	Imperial
  Yeo Mill	Devon	Yeo Mill , hamlet, West Anstey par., Devon, 5 miles W. of Dulverton.	Bartholomew
  YOMILL	Devon	YOMILL , a hamlet in West Anstey, parish, Devon; 5 miles W of Dulverton.	Imperial

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