Ashwater is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England.[1][2] According to the 2001 census it had a population of 651 that had risen to 673 by the 2011 census.[3][4] It is close to the Cornish border, and is about 10 miles north of Launceston.[1]
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St Peter's church | |
Ashwater Location within Devon | |
OS grid reference | SX3895 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BEAWORTHY |
Postcode district | EX21 |
Dialling code | 01409 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
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The church is thirteenth century, with fifteenth-century windows, with an arcade that mixes the two periods. The decorated font is Norman, described by Mee as "a great treasure".[5] The former rectory is a Grade II listed building.[6]
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List of civil parishes in Devon | |
Exeter1,2 |
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East Devon1 |
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Mid Devon1 |
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North Devon1 |
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Torridge1 |
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West Devon1,3 |
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South Hams1 |
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Teignbridge1 |
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Plymouth2,4 |
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Torbay4 | |
Bold text denotes a parish council referred to as a "town council".
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