Ashwater

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Ashwater
Ashwater Church (geograph 2701494).jpg
St Peter's church
Ashwater is located in Devon
Ashwater
Ashwater
Location within Devon
OS grid referenceSX3895
District
  • Torridge
Shire county
  • Devon
Region
  • South West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town
Postcode districtEX21
Dialling code01409
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Devon
50°44′N 4°17′W / 50.73°N 04.29°W / 50.73; -04.29Coordinates: 50°44′N 4°17′W / 50.73°N 04.29°W / 50.73; -04.29

Ashwater is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England.[1][2] According to the 2001 census it had a population of 651 that had risen to 673 by the 2011 census.[3][4] It is close to the Cornish border, and is about 10 miles north of Launceston.[1]

The church is thirteenth century, with fifteenth-century windows, with an arcade that mixes the two periods. The decorated font is Norman, described by Mee as "a great treasure".[5] The former rectory is a Grade II listed building.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 Bude & Clovelly (Boscastle & Holsworthy) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231456.
  2. ^ "Ashwater - Introduction". www.ashwaterparish.org.uk. Atwater Parish Council. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Key Statistics for 2001 Census: Ashwater (Parish)". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Key Statistics for 2011 Census: Ashwater (Parish)". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  5. ^ Mee, A. (1965). The King's England: Devon. Hodder and Stoughton. p. 24.
  6. ^ Historic England. "THE OLD RECTORY INCLUDING GARDEN WALL ADJOINING AT REAR (1317694)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

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