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Bradworthy

Bradworthy
Bradworthy Square - geograph.org.uk - 421528.jpg
Village square
Bradworthy is located in Devon
Bradworthy
Bradworthy
Location within Devon
Population1,082 
OS grid referenceSS3213
District
  • Torridge
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHolsworthy
Postcode districtEX22
Dialling code01409
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western

Bradworthy is a village and civil parish in Devon, England. The village is close to the site of the first wind turbines in Devon, erected in 2005. Bradworthy has the largest village square in England. The civil parish is bordered by the Devon parishes Hartland, Woolfardisworthy, West Putford, Sutcombe, Holsworthy Hamlets and Pancrasweek, and the Cornish civil parishes Kilkhampton and Morwenstow. Bradworthy village has a pub, a primary school and an industrial estate.

St John the Baptist church

The parish church of St John the Baptist dates from the 13th century and is a grade II* listed building.[1]

Arthur Herbert Procter, a Victoria Cross recipient, was vicar of Bradworthy from 1963 to 1964.[2]

References

  1. ^ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (1163892)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1971-72. Oxford University Press. p. 779.

External links

Media related to Bradworthy at Wikimedia Commons


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