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| Moretonhampstead | |
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 Town centre | |
  Moretonhampstead Location within Devon | |
| Population | 1,703 [1] |
| OS grid reference | SX752860 |
| • London | 215 miles (346 km) |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWTON ABBOT |
| Postcode district | TQ13 |
| Dialling code | 01647 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | http://www.moretonhampstead.com/ |
Moretonhampstead is a market town,[a] parish and ancient manor in Devon, situated on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor, within the Dartmoor National Park. The parish now includes the hamlet of Doccombe (/ˈdɒkəm/), and it is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Drewsteignton, Dunsford, Bridford, Bovey Tracey, Lustleigh, North Bovey and Chagford.[4]
According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 1,728, which was slightly more than the 1,703 recorded at the 2011 census.[5] The Moorland electoral ward, in which Moretonhampstead lies, had a population of 2,806 in 2011.[6] The parish church is dedicated to St. Andrew.[7] Along with a few other places in Devon, it is one of the longest place names in England with 16 letters. Moretonhampstead is twinned with Betton in France.
- ^ "Moretonhampstead Parish". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "Devon – Moretonhampstead". Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs to 1516. history.ac.uk. 18 June 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Local Government Act 1972". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ "Moretonhampstead (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Devon: Being Observations on Many Churches in Denonshire. George Oliver and John Pike Jones (editors), 1828, Exeter: E. Woolmer.
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