Gidleigh
Sign in to saveGidleigh is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district of Devon, England. Located within Dartmoor National Park, the parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Throwleigh, Chagford and Dartmoor Forest. In 2001 its population was 116, little changed from 114 in 1901. thumb|left|Holy Trinity granite church in 1971 Historically the parish consisted of a number of farmsteads and associated cottages scattered around the focal point of Holy Trinity church (late C15-early C16, with some C17 windows and C19 additions) and the adjacent Gidleigh Castle, which is now in p
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Place details
- Locality
- West Devon
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Gidleigh
- UK place.population
- 428
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Gidleigh
- UK place.shire_district
- West Devon
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Torridge and West Devon
- UK place.post_town
- NEWTON ABBOT
- UK place.postcode_area
- TQ
- UK place.postcode_district
- TQ13
- UK place.dial_code
- 01647
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- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Devon
- Population
- +429
- Image
- Gidleigh.jpg
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Gidleigh is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district of Devon, England. Located within Dartmoor National Park, the parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Throwleigh, Chagford and Dartmoor Forest. In 2001 its population was 116, little changed from 114 in 1901. thumb|left|Holy Trinity granite church in 1971 Historically the parish consisted of a number of farmsteads and associated cottages scattered around the focal point of Holy Trinity church (late C15-early C16, with some C17 windows and C19 additions) and the adjacent Gidleigh Castle, which is now in private hands. The population peaked at 180 in the mid 19th century.
The 20th century saw the development of some substantial gentleman's residences - notably Gidleigh Park, which subsequently became a country house hotel - and the building of a village hall. Gidleigh lies on the Mariners' Way and there was a YHA Youth Hostel in the village from 1932 to 1988.