Princetown
Sign in to savePrincetown is a village located within Dartmoor national park in the English county of Devon. It is the principal settlement of the civil parish of Dartmoor Forest. At the 2021 census, the village had a population of 1,443.
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Place details
- Locality
- West Devon
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,366
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Jubilee Memorial and Railway Inn, Princetown
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.shire_district
- West Devon
- UK place.civil_parish
- Dartmoor Forest
- UK place.official_name
- Princetown
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Torridge and Tavistock
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX588736
- UK place.dial_code
- 01822
- UK place.post_town
- YELVERTON
- UK place.postcode_district
- PL20
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Dartmoor Forest
- Elevation
- +435
- Image
- Princetown.jpg
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Princetown is a village located within Dartmoor national park in the English county of Devon. It is the principal settlement of the civil parish of Dartmoor Forest. At the 2021 census, the village had a population of 1,443.
The village has its origins in 1785, when Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, then secretary to the Prince of Wales, leased a large area of moorland from the Duchy of Cornwall estate, hoping to convert it into good farmland. He encouraged people to live in the area and suggested that a prison be built there. He called the settlement Princetown after the Prince of Wales.