Northlew
Sign in to saveNorthlew is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district of the county of Devon, England. To the west of the village, but within the parish, are the hamlets of West Kimber and East Kimber. The village falls within the electoral ward of Lew Valley. Its population at the 2011 census was 2,024.
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Place details
- Locality
- West Devon
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.static_image
- NorthlewCottageChurch.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Thatched cottage and parish church at Northlew
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Northlew
- UK place.population
- 592
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Northlew
- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Devon
- Population
- +743
- Official website
- www.northlew.com
- Image
- St Thomas' church, Northlew - geograph.org.uk - 380604.jpg
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Geography and history
- The Bell Ringers song
- Telephone kiosk
- WW1 memorial
- References
- External links
Northlew is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district of the county of Devon, England. To the west of the village, but within the parish, are the hamlets of West Kimber and East Kimber. The village falls within the electoral ward of Lew Valley. Its population at the 2011 census was 2,024.
==Geography and history== The village is approximately 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the town of Okehampton, and most places in the village have excellent views over Dartmoor. The village is relatively isolated, not being served by any main roads. It has an attractive main square surrounded by traditional buildings, some of them thatched; just off the square are a pub, the local primary school and two churches, the Church of England parish church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury and the Methodist church (originally Bible Christian). The evangelical Christian preacher Ann Freeman was born here in 1797. The ecclesiastical parish of Northlew has been combined with the neighbouring village of Ashbury, and since the school is a Church of England voluntary controlled school, it bears the name of both villages.