Bere Ferrers, sometimes called ''Beerferris'', is a village and
civil parish
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on the Bere peninsula in
West Devon
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The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under t ...
in the
English
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county of
Devon
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. It is located to the north of
Plymouth
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Plymout ...
, on the west bank of the
River Tavy
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. It has
a railway station on the
Tamar Valley Line
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.
The civil parish includes the whole of the Bere peninsula, including the village of
Bere Alston
Bere Alston is a village in West Devon in the county of Devon in England. It forms part of the civil parish of Bere Ferrers.
History and geography
With a population of about 2,000, the village lies in the Bere peninsula, between the river ...
and the smaller settlements of Tuckermarsh, Rumleigh, Buttspill, Braunder, Cotts, Hewton,
Weir Quay, Clamoak, Gnatham and Collytown. In 2001 the parish had a population of 3,066; this had decreased to 2,989 in 2011.
Parish church
Sources
*Rogers, W.H. Hamilton, ''The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West'', Exeter, 1890, pp. 1–36, Willoughby de Broke
See also
*
Bere Ferrers rail accident
*
Exeter to Plymouth railway of the LSWR
The Exeter to Plymouth railway of the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) was the westernmost part of a route competing with that of the Great Western Railway (GWR) and its 'associated companies' from London and Exeter to Plymouth in Devon, ...
References
External links
1999 Parish appraisalGENUKI page
{{Devon parishes
Villages in the Borough of West Devon