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== Parish History  ==
== Parish History  ==


HONITON (St. Michael), a borough, markettown, and '''parish''', and the head of a union, in the hundred of Axminster, Honiton and S. divisions of Devon, 16 miles (E. N. E.) from Exeter. This place is situated on rising ground, on the south side of the river Otter, and on the line of the great western road from London to Plymouth. The old church, which stands on an eminence about half a mile from the town, having been built, or enlarged, about 1484. It is in the Norman style, with a tower, and occupies the site of '''All-hallows chapel''', originally a chantry-house. Here are places of worship for '''Wesleyans''' and '''Unitarians'''.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51041&amp;amp;strquery=Honiton#s18 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 539-542. Date accessed: 9 July 2013</ref>
HONITON (St. Michael), a borough, markettown, and '''parish''', and the head of a union, in the hundred of Axminster, Honiton and S. divisions of Devon, 16 miles (E. N. E.) from Exeter. This place is situated on rising ground, on the south side of the river Otter, and on the line of the great western road from London to Plymouth. Here are places of worship for '''Wesleyans''' and '''Unitarians'''.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51041&amp;amp;amp;strquery=Honiton#s18 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 539-542. Date accessed: 9 July 2013</ref>  


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