Dunkeswell
Sign in to saveDunkeswell is a village and civil parish in East Devon, England, located about north of the town of Honiton. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,553, reducing to 1,361 at the 2011 Census. There is an electoral ward with the same name whose population at the above census was 2,000. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Hemyock, Luppitt, Combe Raleigh, Awliscombe, Broadhembury and Sheldon.
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Dunkeswell Abbey Gate - geograph.org.uk - 3003574.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The gatehouse at Dunkeswell Abbey
- UK place.official_name
- Dunkeswell
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST1407
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.population
- 1,361
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Dunkeswell
- UK place.shire_district
- East Devon
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.constituency_westminster
Key dates
- Inception
- 17 January 1201
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1553
- Area
- +1853.36
- Image
- Dunkeswell Abbey Gate - geograph.org.uk - 3003574.jpg
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- History
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- Dunkeswell Abbey
- See also
- References
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Dunkeswell is a village and civil parish in East Devon, England, located about north of the town of Honiton. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,553, reducing to 1,361 at the 2011 Census. There is an electoral ward with the same name whose population at the above census was 2,000. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Hemyock, Luppitt, Combe Raleigh, Awliscombe, Broadhembury and Sheldon.
==History== Dunkeswell is notable for having a busy small airfield, now Dunkeswell Aerodrome which was initially established as an American Navy air base during World War II, and continues to offer civil flight services to this day. left|thumb|396x396px|Dunkeswell Aerodrome [[war memorial to all the US pilots who served at the aerodrome during WWII]] The church, restored in 1868 from an older foundation, is of interest for its Norman font.