Moretonhampstead
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Moretonhampstead is a market town, parish and ancient manor in Devon, situated on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor, within the Dartmoor National Park. The parish now includes the hamlet Doccombe (), and it is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes Drewsteignton, Dunsford, Bridford, Bovey Tracey, Lustleigh, North Bovey and Chagford.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Moretonhampstead
- UK place.static_image_name
- Moretonhampstead town centre - geograph.org.uk - 31177.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Town centre
- UK place.population
- 1,703
- UK place.civil_parish
- Moretonhampstead
- UK place.shire_district
- Teignbridge
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Central Devon
- UK place.post_town
- NEWTON ABBOT
- UK place.postcode_area
- TQ
- UK place.postcode_district
- TQ13
- UK place.dial_code
- 01647
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX752860
- UK place.website
- http://www.moretonhampstead.com/
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- The sparrowhawk
- Notable residents
- Places of interest
- The Cross Tree
- Almshouses
- St Andrew's Church
- Tourism
- Events
- Transport
- Sport and recreation
- See also
- References
- Notes
- External links
Moretonhampstead is a market town, parish and ancient manor in Devon, situated on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor, within the Dartmoor National Park. The parish now includes the hamlet Doccombe (), and it is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes Drewsteignton, Dunsford, Bridford, Bovey Tracey, Lustleigh, North Bovey and Chagford.
According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 1,728, which was slightly more than the 1,703 recorded at the 2011 census. The Moorland electoral ward, in which Moretonhampstead lies, had a population of 2,806 in 2011. The parish church is dedicated to St. Andrew. Along with a few other places in Devon, it has one of the longest place names in England, with 16 letters. Moretonhampstead is twinned with Betton in France.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moretonhampstead” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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