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"NEWTON POPPLEFORD, a tything and chapelry in the parish of Aylesbeare, hundred of East Budleigh, county Devon, 5 miles S.W. of Ottery St. Mary, its post town, and 4 N.W. of Sidmouth. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Otter, near Woodbury-Camp, which stands on the brow of a hill, and is deeply entrenched. The above river is crossed by a three arched stone bridge. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Exeter, value £45, in the patronage of the Vicar of Aylesbear. The church, dedicated to St. Luke, was originally built by Edward III., in 1330, as a chantry. "
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