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Cheriton Bishop
Cheriton Bishop is a village and civil parish situated on the northern borders of Dartmoor National park between Exeter and Okehampton, within Mid Devon District, Devon, England. The population at the 2021 census (United Kingdom), 2021 Census was 754. The history of the settlement can be traced back over a thousand years when the old village centre was established as a commercial centre for the local farming community. History The name "Cheriton" derives from the Old English for "church town". Treable is a farm in the parish which was first recorded in 1242. Treable is one of the few Celtic place names which survive in Devon; it means the "''trev'' or homestead of Ebell". However it can with certainty be identified with an estate called "Hyple's old land" which was granted by King Edward in 976 to his vassal Aelfsige. "Hyple" is a corrupt form of "Ebell" and also occurs in Ipplepen; this suggests that this Celtic landowner had been in possession of this estate not long before, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheriton Bishop, Interior Of St Mary's Church - Geograph
Cheriton may refer to: Places England *Cheriton, Hampshire, a village and parish near Winchester **Battle of Cheriton, a battle in the English Civil War *Cheriton, Kent, a one-time village, now a part of the urban area of Folkestone **Cheriton Halt railway station closed in 1947 **Cheriton Hill, part of the Folkestone Downs **Cheriton Road, a football stadium that is the home ground of Folkestone Invicta *Cheriton Bishop, a village on the northern borders of Dartmoor National Park *Cheriton Fitzpaine, a village in Devon *North Cheriton, a small village in South Somerset Wales *Cheriton, Swansea, a village in the county of Swansea *RAF Carew Cheriton, a World War II Royal Air Force airfield near Carew, Pembrokeshire United States *Cheriton, Virginia, a town in Northampton County People *David Cheriton, Canadian computer scientist and billionaire **David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, at the University of Waterloo *John Cheriton (1828–1917), English-born Australian farme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dartmoor National Park
Dartmoor is an highland (geography), upland area in southern Devon, South West England. The moorland and surrounding land has been protected by National parks of England and Wales, National Park status since 1951. Dartmoor National Park covers . The granite that forms the uplands dates from the Carboniferous Period of geological history. The landscape consists of moorland capped with many exposed granite hilltops known as tor (rock formation), tors, providing habitats for wildlife. The highest point is High Willhays, above sea level. The entire area is rich in antiquities and archaeological artifact (archaeology), artefacts. Dartmoor National Park is managed by the Dartmoor National Park Authority, whose 22 members are drawn from Devon County Council, local Districts of England, district councils and Government. The Dartmoor Commoners' Council exists to create and enforce regulations regarding commoners' rights. Dartmoor Training Area, Parts of Dartmoor have been used as mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exeter
Exeter ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and the county town of Devon in South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal command of Vespasian. Exeter became a religious centre in the Middle Ages. Exeter Cathedral, founded in the mid 11th century, became Anglicanism, Anglican in the 16th-century English Reformation. Exeter became an affluent centre for the wool trade, although by the First World War the city was in decline. After the Second World War, much of the city centre was rebuilt and is now a centre for education, business and tourism in Devon and Cornwall. It is home to two of the constituent campuses of the University of Exeter: Streatham Campus, Streatham and St Luke's Campus, St Luke's. The administrative area of Exeter has the status of a non-metropolitan district under the administ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okehampton
Okehampton ( ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in West Devon in the English county of Devon. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 7,313, which was slightly more than the 7,104 recorded at the 2011 census. The Okehampton built-up area had a population of 9,112 at the 2021 census, up from 7,647 in 2011. Okehampton is situated at the northern edge of Dartmoor west of Exeter, north of Plymouth and south of Barnstaple. Toponymy The name means settlement or estate (''tun'') on the River Okement. This is shown by early forms of the name, such as ''Ochementone'' as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, and ''Okementon(a)'' in 1167 and 1275. The name was later associated with the common suffix Hampton (place name), ''-hampton'', but as late as the 1930s the original name was remembered by the pronunciation "Okington" or "Okenton" still used by old people in the district. History Okehampton was founded by the Saxons. The earliest written record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid Devon District
Mid Devon is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Devon, England. The council is based in the district's largest town of Tiverton, Devon, Tiverton. The district also contains the towns of Bampton, Devon, Bampton, Bradninch, Crediton and Cullompton, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Part of the district lies within the Blackdown Hills National Landscape, Blackdown Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The neighbouring districts are East Devon, Teignbridge, West Devon, Torridge District, Torridge, North Devon and Somerset. History The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the area of four former districts which were all abolished at the same time: *Crediton Rural District *Crediton Urban district (England and Wales), Urban District *Tiverton, Devon, Tiverton Municipal Borough *Tiverton Rural District The new district was initially named Tiverton, after its largest town. The district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Census (United Kingdom)
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Ipplepen
Ipplepen is a village and civil parish located within the Teignbridge district of the county of Devon in south-west England. It is the site of Ipplepen Priory and there is an electoral ward with the same name. The population of Ipplepen village and Ipplepen civil parish at the 2021 census was 2,149 and 2,522 respectively. Location Ipplepen is situated about to the southwest of the market town of Newton Abbot, from the southern edge of Dartmoor and about to the northwest of Torquay. Other nearby villages include Torbryan, Broadhempston, Denbury, Marldon and Abbotskerswell. Amenities Ipplepen now has only one public house, the Wellington, situated close to the heart of the village on the main road. The Plough Inn, adjacent to the Conservative Club, closed in January 2009 and was then put up for sale. The village has a primary school, park, bowling club, village hall, post office, general store, two churches and a medical centre. The local football club features two seni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Charles
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. Charles was born at Buckingham Palace during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King George VI, and became heir apparent when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, acceded to the throne in 1952. He was created Prince of Wales in 1958 and his investiture was held in 1969. He was educated at Cheam School and Gordonstoun, and later spent six months at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. After completing a history degree from the University of Cambridge, Charles served in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1976. In 1981, he married Lady Diana Spencer. They had two sons, William and Harry. After years of estrangement, Charles and Diana divorced in 1996, after they had each engaged in well-publicised extramarital affairs. Diana died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash the foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
