Village of Powderham ([1845?])
T. C. Dibdin
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Date
[1845?]
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White, William. History, gazetteer, and directory of Devonshire. Sheffield: William White, 1850. pp. 411 - 412.POWDERHAM is a picturesque parish of scattered houses on the western side of the broad estuary of the Exe, opposite Lympstone, 6 miles S.S.E. of Exeter , and 2 miles N. of Starcross Railway Station. It contains 318 inhabitants, and 1452A. 1R. 26P. [Acres/Rods/Poles] of land, belonging to the earl of Devon, of POWDERHAM CASTLE, which stands in an extensive and well-wooded deer park, which rises in bold swelling hills between and near the confluence of the exe and the Kenn, the latter of which is a small stream falling into the estuary at the southern point of the parish. [
]. The park is very extensive, and is finely planted with trees and shrubs, and diversified with some bold swells. The present noble proprietor has recently spent several thousand pounds in improving the house and grounds. [
]. The park, gardens, and plantations, belonging to this domain extend through a circumference of nearly ten miles, and the pleasure grounds behind the house are replete with a great variety of flowers and botanical rarities.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
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182x241mm
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Dates
1845