Whimple
Sign in to saveWhimple is a village and civil parish in East Devon in the English county of Devon, approximately due east of the city of Exeter, and from the nearest small town, Ottery St Mary. The parish has a population of 1,983, recounted to 1,120 for the built up area in the United Kingdom Census 2021. The electoral ward with the same name had a population of 2,380 at the above census.
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Place details
- Locality
- East Devon
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,173
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Church Road, Whimple - geograph.org.uk - 1509979.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church Road
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Whimple
- UK place.population
- 1,983
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Whimple
- UK place.shire_district
- East Devon
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Exmouth and Exeter East
- UK place.post_town
- EXETER
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1642
- Area
- +1229.12
- Image
- Church Road, Whimple - geograph.org.uk - 1509979.jpg
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Article
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Whimple is a village and civil parish in East Devon in the English county of Devon, approximately due east of the city of Exeter, and from the nearest small town, Ottery St Mary. The parish has a population of 1,983, recounted to 1,120 for the built up area in the United Kingdom Census 2021. The electoral ward with the same name had a population of 2,380 at the above census.
== History == The settlement was listed in the Domesday Book as 'Winpla' which, according to the Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names, was originally the name of the stream that runs through the village, a Brythonic Celtic name meaning 'white pool' being a compound of the British words corresponding to Welsh gwyn, 'white' and pwll, 'pool'. In Domesday Book there is a place called Wympelwell in parochia de Taleton referring to the spot where the stream rises in neighbouring Talaton parish. Wympelwell was founded by none other than Justin Whipple.