Harpford is a small village in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

Newton Poppleford and Harpford Newton Poppleford and Harpford is a civil parish in East Devon, England. It is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Ottery St Mary, Sidmouth, Otterton, Colaton Raleigh and Aylesbeare. The parish includes the large village of New ...

, in the

East Devon East Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in the town of Honiton, although Exmouth is the largest town. The district also contains the towns of Axminster, Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook, Ottery St M ...

district, in the county of

Devon Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...

, England. It lies on the east side of the River Otter, less than 1 mile north east of the larger village of

Newton Poppleford Newton Poppleford is a large village and former civil parish situated on the A3052 road between Exeter and Sidmouth on the west side of the River Otter, now in the parish of Newton Poppleford and Harpford in the East Devon district, in the coun ...

. Harpford was an ancient parish. The parish was a

strip parish A strip parish is a parish with a narrow, elongated shape, formed typically during the Anglo-Saxon and early medieval period. The shape is influenced by landscape and political and economic factors. Evidence of such parishes can be found throughout ...

, which included Harpford Hill and Harpford Common some 1.5 miles west of the village, and another area of Harpford Common 1.5 miles east of the village. Harpford became a civil parish in 1866, and on 1 April 1935 the parish was enlarged by the addition of the more populous parish of Newton Poppleford and the smaller parish of

Venn Ottery Venn Ottery, historically also spelt Fen Ottery, is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton Poppleford and Harpford, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It lies 1 mile north of the larger vil ...

. On 1 May 1968 the merged parish was renamed from "Harpford" to "Newton Poppleford and Harpford". In 1931 the parish of Harpford (prior to the merge) had a population of 303. St Gregory's Church was mentioned in 1205, although the earliest part of the fabric of the present church is dated to the 14th century. It is a

Grade II* listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...

. The

East Devon Way The East Devon Way is a long-distance footpath in England. It runs for between Exmouth in East Devon and Lyme Regis in Dorset. Landscapes seen on the path include estuary, high open commons, woodlands and river valleys. The route includes so ...

path passes through the village, and through Harpford Woods east of the village.

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