Huntshaw is a village and civil parish located 2.5 north north east of Great Torrington,[2] in the Torridge district, in the county of Devon, England.
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Population | 134 (2011 UK Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SS 50551 22859 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Torrington |
Postcode district | EX38 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
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In 2011 the population of the civil parish of Huntshaw was 134,[1] although it was 143 in 1901 and 212 in 1801, Huntshaw was in the Fremington hundred.[3]
The parish church of St Mary Magdalene[4] is Grade II* Listed.[5] There is a mast in Huntshaw called Huntshaw Cross transmitting station.
Other features in Huntshaw include Huntshaw Barton,[6] Berry Castle[7] and Huntshaw Mill Bridge which is Grade II listed, although some of it is in Weare Giffard CP.[8]
The name "Huntshaw" means 'Hun's wood' or 'honey wood',[9] possibly because of the sweetness of the water or swarms of bees in the nearby woods.[10] Huntshaw was recorded in the Domesday Book as Huneseue.[11][12]
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