Littlehempston is a village and

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in the South Hams District of

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consisting of 83 households, with a population of 207 in the parish. It has also been called Little Hempston and Hempston Arundel. The village has many old fashioned cottages and buildings. Its church is on the hill within the village and is near to where a footpath begins, taking walkers through two miles of fields and woodland to

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. The village has two public houses. The Tally Ho is in the centre of the village, just below the church; and The Pig & Whistle is on the A381 road to

. There is also a public phone box and noticeboard, located next to the post box just in front of a brook which eventually leads to the

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Notable people

* William Vallance Whiteway, QC

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(1 April 1828 – 24 June 1908), politician and three time

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, was born at Buckyette in the parish."England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N547-JR8 : accessed 27 Dec 2013), Wm Valance Whiteway, 04 Sep 1828. *

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, former

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and

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Correspondent;

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and

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programme presenter, lives at Hempstone Park in the village, and he and his wife, Judy, provide bed-and-breakfast accommodation there. * Keith Law, Songwriter for Velvett Fogg, lived in the village.

References

External links

Littlehempston websiteTally Ho websitePig & Whistle website
Villages in South Hams Civil parishes in South Hams {{Devon-geo-stub

Notable people

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