Petrockstowe
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Petrockstowe (or Petrockstow) is a small village and civil parish in the district of Torridge in Northern Devon, England. Its population in 2001 was 379, hardly different from the figure of 385 recorded in 1901. The southern boundary of the parish lies on the River Torridge, and it is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Peters Marland, Merton, Huish, Meeth, Highampton and Buckland Filleigh.
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Place details
- Locality
- Torridge
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Cott Lane, Petrockstowe
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Petrockstowe
- UK place.civil_parish
- Petrockstow
- UK place.shire_district
- Torridge
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.post_town
- OKEHAMPTON
- UK place.postcode_district
- EX20
- UK place.postcode_area
- EX
- UK place.dial_code
- 01837
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SS513091
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Torridge and West Devon
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Torridge
- Population
- 426
- Area
- 4297
- Image
- Petrockstowe Church.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01837
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- Commons category
- Petrockstowe
- postal code
- EX20
- OS grid reference
- SS513091
- P8168
- sheet metal
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Churches
- Heanton Satchville
- Community facilities
- Recreation
- Transport
- Gallery
- Notable people
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Petrockstowe (or Petrockstow) is a small village and civil parish in the district of Torridge in Northern Devon, England. Its population in 2001 was 379, hardly different from the figure of 385 recorded in 1901. The southern boundary of the parish lies on the River Torridge, and it is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Peters Marland, Merton, Huish, Meeth, Highampton and Buckland Filleigh.
The village lies about NNW of the town of Hatherleigh and is some west of the A386 road, accessible only by minor roads.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Petrockstowe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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