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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
WHITCHURCH (St. Andrew), a '''parish''', in the union of Tavistock, hundred of Roborough, Tavistock and S. divisions of Devon, 1¼ mile (S. E.) from Tavistock. The Tavistock races are held on Whitchurch Down. A '''chantry chapel''' was founded in 1300, by the abbot of Tavistock. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51398&strquery=Whitchurch A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 543-551.</ref> | WHITCHURCH (St. Andrew), a '''parish''', in the union of Tavistock, hundred of Roborough, Tavistock and S. divisions of Devon, 1¼ mile (S. E.) from Tavistock. The Tavistock races are held on Whitchurch Down. A '''chantry chapel''' was founded in 1300, by the abbot of Tavistock. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51398&strquery=Whitchurch A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 543-551.</ref> | ||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||