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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
DOWN, EAST (St. John the Baptist), a '''parish''', in the union of Barnstaple, hundred of Braunton, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 6¾ miles (N. N. E.) from Barnstaple. The parish comprises 3159 acres, of which 62 are common or waste. At a place called Norcote are several stones, probably commemorative of British heroes slain in battle; or, according to some, a Druidical monument. Lewis, Samuel A., | DOWN, EAST (St. John the Baptist), a '''parish''', in the union of Barnstaple, hundred of Braunton, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 6¾ miles (N. N. E.) from Barnstaple. The parish comprises 3159 acres, of which 62 are common or waste. At a place called Norcote are several stones, probably commemorative of British heroes slain in battle; or, according to some, a Druidical monument.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50926 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 84-88.</ref> | ||
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