Slapton, Devon

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Slapton is a village in Devon

Other current and historical names

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

Slapton in historic gazetteers

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

Slapton, coast par. and vil., Devon - par., 3430 ac. (110 water), pop. 618; vil., 6 miles SW. of Dartmouth; P.O.; 1 mile E. of vil. is Slapton Lea, a sheet of fresh water, 2 miles in length and from ¼ to ½ mile wide, and separated from the sea by a narrow ridge of sand.

Slapton in the Domesday Book

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

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