Powderham, Devon

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Powderham is a hamlet in Devon

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Powderham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Powderham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Powderham.-- par. and vil., Devon - par., 1947 ac., pop. 280; vil., on W. side of estuary of river Exe, 6½ miles SE. of Exeter; Powderham Castle, seat of the Earl of Devon, is an ancient Norman edifice, situated in a finely wooded park sloping to the Exe.

Powderham in the Domesday Book

A village in Exminster hundred, in the county of Devon.

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