Crockernwell, Devon

Historical Description

Crockenrwell, a village in Cheriton-Bishop and Drewsteignton parishes, Devonshire, on the river Teign, amid fine rock scenery, 11 miles W of Exeter. It has a post office under Newton Abbott; money order office, Dunsford; telegraph office, Chagford. There is a chapel of ease.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Crockernwell from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Crockern-Well)

Maps

Online maps of Crockernwell are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)