Barnstaple Holy Trinity, Devon, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

BARNSTAPLE, or Barum a port, borough, market-town, and '''parish''', having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the hundred of Braunton, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 40 miles (N. W.) from Exeter, and 193 (W. by S.) from London. The church of the Holy Trinity, a very handsome cruciform building in the later English style has been erected. This edifice was consecrated in June, 1845. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, and Wesleyans.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A.,[[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50780|''A Topographical Dictionary of England'']] (1848), pp. 153-158. Date accessed: 25 July 2012.</ref>