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HALWELL (St. Leonard), a '''parish''', in the union of Totnes, hundred of Coleridge, Stanborough and Coleridge, and S. divisions of Devon, 5¼ miles (S. by W.) from Totnes. The parish comprises 3000 acres, whereof 815 are common or waste land.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51000#s14 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 383-387. Date accessed and adapted: 29 October 2013.</ref> | HALWELL (St. Leonard), a '''parish''', in the union of Totnes, hundred of Coleridge, Stanborough and Coleridge, and S. divisions of Devon, 5¼ miles (S. by W.) from Totnes. The parish comprises 3000 acres, whereof 815 are common or waste land.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51000#s14 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 383-387. Date accessed and adapted: 29 October 2013.</ref> | ||
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's described '''Halwill''' like this: | |||
HALWELL, a '''parish''' in Holsworthy district, Devon; 6 miles SE by E of Holsworthy, and 10 NNE of Lifton r. station. Post town, Holsworthy, North Devon. Acres, 3, 426. Real property, £1, 153. Pop., 257. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. The surface is very hilly. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £210.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old and plain, with a tower; and recently was dilapidated. There is a '''Baptist chapel'''.<ref>Wilson, John M., [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4850 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]'', 1870-72. Date accessed and adapted: 29 October 2013.</ref> | |||
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