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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&amp;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. 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&amp;amp;strquery=Whitchurch#s11 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 543-551. Date accessed: 27 August 2013.</ref>


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