Rockbeare
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Rockbeare is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of the county of Devon, England, located near Exeter Airport and the city of Exeter. "Whilst the name has nothing to do with either 'rocks' nor 'bears', it simply means 'rooks in the grove (of trees)'." "The parish comprises the hamlets of Marsh Green, Pithead, Allercombe, and Little Silver". The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the high road from Honiton to Exeter, and is an agricultural town. The land is nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture, with about 200 acres of common. According to the 2011 Ce
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- Locality
- Exeter
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.dial_code
- 01392
- UK place.official_name
- Rockbeare
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.static_image
- Rockbeare church - geograph.org.uk - 136980.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary with St Andrew, Rockbeare
- UK place.population
- 914
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SY0242295464
- UK place.post_town
- Exeter
- UK place.postcode_area
- EX
- UK place.postcode_district
- EX5
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Exmouth and Exeter East
- UK place.civil_parish
- Rockbeare
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 196
- UK place.shire_district
- East Devon
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- 19th Century Rockbeare
- Post 1800
- Roman links
- Geography
- Climate
- Economy
- Cranbrook development
- Culture and community
- Transport
- Education
- References
- External links
Rockbeare is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of the county of Devon, England, located near Exeter Airport and the city of Exeter. "Whilst the name has nothing to do with either 'rocks' nor 'bears', it simply means 'rooks in the grove (of trees)'." "The parish comprises the hamlets of Marsh Green, Pithead, Allercombe, and Little Silver". The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the high road from Honiton to Exeter, and is an agricultural town. The land is nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture, with about 200 acres of common. According to the 2011 Census there were 431 males and 483 females living in the parish. "Rockbeare is written within the Broadclyst ward and electoral division, which is in the constituency of East Devon County Council".
Rockbeare has a grade II* listed church dedicated to St Mary with St Andrew, Rockbeare and a football club called Rockbeare Rangers FC. Rockbeare Manor is a grade I listed building.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rockbeare” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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