Dolton is a small village and

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in the

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district of

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, south-west

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, surrounded, clockwise from the north, by Beaford, Ashreigney,

Winkleigh Winkleigh is a civil parish and small village in Devon, England. It is part of the local government area of Torridge District Council. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 1,305, compared to 1,079 in 1901. The population of the el ...

, Dowland,

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, Huish and Merton. It has a population of around 900. Dolton appears in the

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of 1086 as ''Duueltone''. The name may mean "farmstead in the open country frequented by doves" (

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''dūfe'' + ''feld'' + ''tūn''). The

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passes by Dolton. The parish church is dedicated to St Edmund. The historic stately home Stafford Barton is close by. Dolton is twinned with Amfreville in France, and

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in Germany.

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FRS, the Protestant theologian, lived in Dolton between 1670 and 1671. Henry Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland, lived at a house called Little Cudworthy and died there in 1997.

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drummer

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lived at Halsdon House near the village for some years until his death in 2021.

References

External links

Dolton.org.uk/
{{authority control Villages in Devon Torridge District