GENUKI/Devon: Willand

WILLAND

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)]

"WILLAND, a parish in the hundred of Halberton, county Devon, 2 miles N.E. of Collumpton, 6 E. of Tiverton, and close to the Tiverton-road junction of the Bristol and Exeter railway. The village is situated on the road between Exeter and Bristol. The river Culm runs through the lower part of the parish, and often inundates the adjoining meadows. The soil is a mixture of loam and black earth upon a subsoil of gravel. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter, value £100. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a chapel for Wesleyans and a National school. The charities produce about £3 per annum."

Note: The information provided by GENUKI must not be used for commercial purposes, and all specific restrictions concerning usage, copyright notices, etc., that are to be found on individual information pages within GENUKI must be strictly adhered to. Violation of these rules could gravely harm the cooperation that GENUKI is obtaining from many information providers, and hence threaten its whole future.