Tavistock, Devon, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

TAVISTOCK (St. Evstachius), a borough, market-town, and '''parish''', and the head of a union, in the hundred of Tavistock, Tavistock and S. divisions of the county of Devon, 33 miles (W. by S.) from Exeter, and 204 (W. S. W.) from London. The church is a neat, spacious, and ancient structure, with a lofty tower supported on arches, affording a thoroughfare underneath it for carriages; and contains some good monuments, including those to Sir John Fitzand Sir John Glanville, the latter of whom was judge of the common pleas, and died in 1600. There are places of worship for the '''Society of Friends''', '''Independents''', '''Wesleyans''', and '''Unitarians'''. <ref>Lewis,Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51329&amp;strquery=tavistock A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 303-310.</ref>