Dartington
Dartington | |
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The Cott Inn, dating from 1320 | |
Dartington Location within Devon | |
Population | 876 (2011 census) |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | TOTNES |
Postcode district | TQ9 |
Dialling code | 01803 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Dartington is a village in Devon, England. Its population is 876.[1] The electoral ward of Dartington includes the surrounding area and had a population of 1,753 at the 2011 census.[2] It is located west of the River Dart, south of Dartington Hall and about two miles (3 km) north-west of Totnes. Dartington is home to an obsolete cider press (now the centrepiece of a shopping centre named after it[3]), the Cott Inn, a public house dating from 1320, and Dartington Hall.
Education[]
- Dartington International Summer School of music, every summer since 1953
- Dartington College of Arts, which was founded in 1961 and moved to Falmouth in 2008
- Dartington Hall School, a private school located at Dartington Hall between 1926 until it closed in 1987
- Schumacher College
- Dartington Primary School, a state Church of England school.[4]
- Bidwell Brook School
Notable people[]
- David Gawen Champernowne (1912 – 2000), economist and mathematician. Dartington Hall was the family seat. He is buried in Dartington church.
The Champernownes were a large family with many distinguished members. The Elmhirsts bought the estate in 1925.
References[]
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Dartington Cider Press Centre". Dartington Trading Company. Archived from the original on 26 August 2008.
- ^ "Dartington Primary School". Archived from the original on 14 September 2008.
External links[]
- The Dartington Hall Trust
- Dartington Parish Council
- Devon County Council's page on Dartington
- The Social Research Unit at Dartington
- Dartington in 1868
- Bidwell Brook School
Categories:
- Civil parishes in South Hams
- Villages in South Hams
- Devon geography stubs