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Dulverton
Sign in to saveDulverton is a town and civil parish in west Somerset, England, near the border with Devon. The town had a population of 1,408 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the hamlets of Battleton and Ashwick which is located approximately north west of Dulverton.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Dulverton
- UK place.static_image_name
- Dulverton church.jpg
- UK place.static_image_alt
- Stone building with arched windows and square tower seen at the end of a narrow lane with white painted houses on the right and a wall on the left
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of All Saints
- UK place.population
- 1,408
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SS9128
- UK place.civil_parish
- Dulverton
- UK place.unitary_england
- Somerset Council
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Somerset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- DULVERTON
- UK place.postcode_area
- TA
- UK place.postcode_district
- TA22
- UK place.dial_code
- 01398
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Tiverton and Minehead
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Governance
- Geography
- Climate
- Transport
- Religious sites
- Cultural references
- Notable Dulvertonians
- References
- External links
Dulverton is a town and civil parish in west Somerset, England, near the border with Devon. The town had a population of 1,408 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the hamlets of Battleton and Ashwick which is located approximately north west of Dulverton.
To the west of the hamlet lies Ashwick House, built in the Edwardian style in 1901. Also nearby is the estate of Northmoor, formerly a seat of Sir Frederick Wills, 1st Baronet of Northmoor, one of the four Wills Baronetcys, and the founders of the Imperial Tobacco Company. In 1929 Sir Frederick's son & heir, Sir Gilbert Wills, 2nd Baronet, was raised to the peerage as Baron Dulverton, whose principal seat was at Batsford Park, near Batsford, Gloucestershire.