Sheepstor
Sign in to saveSheepstor is a village, civil parish and former manor on the western side of Dartmoor in the county of Devon, England. In 2001, its population was 53, down from 95 in 1901. For administrative purposes the parish is grouped with the parishes of Meavy and Walkhampton to form Burrator Parish Council, and for electoral purposes it is grouped with the same two parishes to form Burrator Ward. Burrator Reservoir, constructed in 1898, is to the north of the village and forms part of the northern boundary of the parish.
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Place details
- Locality
- West Devon
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Village of Sheepstor
- UK place.population
- 53
- UK place.population_ref
- (Census 2001)
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.shire_district
- West Devon
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX560676
- UK place.dial_code
- 01822
- UK place.post_town
- YELVERTON
- UK place.postcode_area
- PL
- UK place.postcode_district
- PL20
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South West Devon
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Devon
- Population
- +44
- Official website
- www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/110386/1.html
- Image
- Sheepstor Village - geograph.org.uk - 9806.jpg
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Manor
- Sheepstor Church
- Sheeps Tor
- Sheepstor in popular culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Sheepstor is a village, civil parish and former manor on the western side of Dartmoor in the county of Devon, England. In 2001, its population was 53, down from 95 in 1901. For administrative purposes the parish is grouped with the parishes of Meavy and Walkhampton to form Burrator Parish Council, and for electoral purposes it is grouped with the same two parishes to form Burrator Ward. Burrator Reservoir, constructed in 1898, is to the north of the village and forms part of the northern boundary of the parish.
The name Sheepstor has evolved considerably since the first reference to a settlement here which was recorded in a pipe roll of 1168 as Sitelestorra. In a document of 1262, it was Skytelestor, Shittestorre in 1474, Shistor in 1547 and in c. 1620 Tristram Risdon called it Shetelstor now Shepstor. The name probably derives from the Old English scyttel(s) meaning a bar or bolt, reflecting the shape of the nearby Sheeps Tor.