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


BURLESCOMBE (St. Mary), a '''parish''', in the union of Wellington, partly in the hundred of Bampton, but chiefly in that of Halberton, Cullompton and N. divisions of Devon, 5 miles (S. W. by W.) from Wellington. The Exeter and Bristol railway, and the small river Lyner, run through. The road from Wellington to Exeter, also, passes for four miles through the parish. The Grand Western canal's summit level is in the parish.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50844&strquery=Burlescombe A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 437-440.</ref>  
BURLESCOMBE (St. Mary), a '''parish''', in the union of Wellington, partly in the hundred of Bampton, but chiefly in that of Halberton, Cullompton and N. divisions of Devon, 5 miles (S. W. by W.) from Wellington.There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. At Westleigh was a chapel dedicated to the Holy Trinity; there was also a church in the parish in honour of St. Theobald, long since razed to the ground; and the remains of an ancient chapel are discernible on the farm of Fenacre, near the site of the abbey.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50844&amp;strquery=Burlescombe A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 437-440. Date accessed: 17 June 2013. </ref>  


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