Bridford

Also known as Bridford, Devon

Bridford is a village and civil parish in south west England, located in the Teign Valley, Devon on the edge of Dartmoor. The parish is surrounded (clockwise from the north) by the parishes of Dunsford, Doddiscombsleigh, Christow, and Moretonhampstead. At the 2011 census the population of the parish was 503, compared with 404 in 1901.

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Place details

Locality: Teignbridge
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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UK place.country: England
UK place.static_image_name: Bridford - near the church - geograph.org.uk - 991692.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Bridford: near the church
UK place.official_name: Bridford
UK place.population: 503
UK place.shire_county: Devon
UK place.region: South West England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Central Devon
UK place.post_town: Exeter
UK place.postcode_district: EX6
UK place.postcode_area: EX
UK place.dial_code: 01647
UK place.os_grid_reference: SX816865

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Wikidata facts

Population: 503
Image: St Thomas a Becket, Bridford, Devon - geograph.org.uk - 1731859.jpg
Dialing code: 01647

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Commons category: Bridford
OS grid reference: SX8105186638

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==History== The place-name 'Bridford' is first attested in a charter of circa 1080, where surprisingly it appears as Bridaford. It is recorded as Brideforda in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'brides' ford', and has the same derivation as Britford in Wiltshire.