Abbotskerswell
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Abbotskerswell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Devon. The village is in the north part of the parish and is located two miles (3 km) south of the town of Newton Abbot, from the seaside resort of Torquay and from the city of Plymouth. The A381 road between Newton Abbot and Totnes runs down the western side of the parish and the main railway line between these two towns forms part of its eastern boundary.
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Place details
- Locality
- Teignbridge
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,267
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.shire_district
- Teignbridge
- UK place.official_name
- Abbotskerswell
- UK place.population
- 1,267
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX855690
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.post_town
- NEWTON ABBOT
- UK place.postcode_area
- TQ
- UK place.postcode_district
- TQ12
- UK place.dial_code
- 01626
- UK place.static_image_name
- Abbotskerswell.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The village of Abbotskerswell is surrounded by fields
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Newton Abbot
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Teignbridge
- Population
- 1560
- Image
- Thatched cottages, Abbotskerswell - geograph.org.uk - 1614546.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01626
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- Abbotskerswell
- postal code
- TQ12
- OS grid reference
- SX855690
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Abbotskerswell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Devon. The village is in the north part of the parish and is located two miles (3 km) south of the town of Newton Abbot, from the seaside resort of Torquay and from the city of Plymouth. The A381 road between Newton Abbot and Totnes runs down the western side of the parish and the main railway line between these two towns forms part of its eastern boundary.
==History== The settlement that is now Abbotskerswell was called Cærswylle in 956, Carsvelle in 1086 and Kareswill in 1242, meaning 'cress spring' from the Old English cærse + wylle. The name 'Abbotskerswell' itself is derived from 'Kerswell belonging to the abbot' [of Horton] and was recorded as Karswill Abbatts in 1285, Abbotescharswelle in 1314 and Abbots Keswell in 1675.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abbotskerswell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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