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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
DEVONPORT, a celebrated naval arsenal, and a borough, in the '''parish''' of Stoke-Damerall, or Stoke, S. division of the hundred of Roborough, S. division of Devon, 1½ mile (W.) from Plymouth, and 218 (W. by S.) from London. There are two episcopal chapels; St. Aubyn's, and St. John's. Four church districts, named respectively; St. James', St. Paul's, St. Mary's, and St. Stephen's, each were endowed in 1846 by the Ecclesiastical Commission. The livings are all in the gift of the Crown and the Bishop of Exeter, alternately. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, Moravians, Unitarians, and other sects.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50919 |''A Topographical Dictionary of England'']] (1848), pp. 46-55. Date accessed: 04 February 2013.</ref> | |||
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== Reference == | == Reference == | ||
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[[Category:Devon]] | [[Category:Devon]] | ||