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    Chagford is a market town and civil parish on the north-east edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, England, close to the River Teign and the A382, 4 miles (6 km)...
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    Whiddon is an historic estate in the parish of Chagford in Devon, England. The manor house, now known as Whiddon Park House, survives as a remnant of the...
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  • painter, renowned for his depictions of Dartmoor. Morrish was born in Chagford, Devon, where his father, also named William, was a portrait painter and...
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    and lake in Fernworthy Forest, near Chagford Fingle Bridge – a 17th-century crossing of the River Teign near Chagford Great Links Tor – dominant tor on...
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    Michael the Archangel's Church, Chagford is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in Chagford, Devon. The church is medieval...
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  • second half unwritten. He finished the book at the Easton Court Hotel at Chagford, in Devon, a regular retreat that he used when completing writing projects...
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    In May the Orwells took lease of a flat in London at Dorset Chambers, Chagford Street, Marylebone. It was the time of the Dunkirk evacuation, and the...
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    Gidleigh Park is a 5-star hotel and restaurant located in Gidleigh, near Chagford, Devon, England. The restaurant currently holds 1 Michelin Star and three...
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    Throwleigh (/ˈθraʊli/) is a village and civil parish located 3 miles from Chagford and 6 miles from Okehampton, in the West Devon district, in the county...
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    years working as a commercial illustrator in Soho, London before moving to Chagford, Devon in 1975. Between 1972 and 1976, he illustrated four books by children's...
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    the shooting of Mary Whiddon on her wedding day at the parish church of Chagford, Devon, in the 17th century. Unlike the heroine of the novel, she did not...
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  • Edward I's 1305 Stannary Charter established Tavistock, Ashburton and Chagford as Devon's stannary towns, with a monopoly on all tin mining in Devon,...
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    The Teign Valley line was a single-tracked railway line that ran from Heathfield to Exeter, via the Teign Valley, in Devon, England. It joined the South...
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  • the most famous babies in cinema and of the 1980s. Froud was raised in Chagford, Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor. He developed an interest in puppetry from...
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    Chagford (1) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Green Jane Elliott * 485 65.28 +16.8 Conservative Nicky Heyworth 258 34.72 −16.8 Turnout 754 58.68 Green gain from...
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    Kenn Valley, Moorland, Teignbridge North, Teign Valley; From West Devon: Chagford, Drewsteignton, Exbourne, Hatherleigh, Lew Valley, North Tawton, Okehampton...
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    The Three Crowns Hotel, also Three Crowns Chagford, is a historical hotel in Chagford, Devon, England. The hotel, noted for its granite facade and 13th...
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    town of Chagford, which might—if he is indeed from this family—explain his interest in developing copper mining. (Based on this evidence, Chagford now has...
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    a mile from the Swallaton Gate, on the road leading from Ashburton to Chagford; it is not now a cross road, but a path strikes across the main road, and...
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    mind. His request was granted and, on 31 January 1944, he departed for Chagford, Devon, where he could work in seclusion. The result was Brideshead Revisited:...
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    John Ford (died 1538) of Ashburton (the son and heir of William Ford of Chagford) who purchased the estate of Bagtor in the parish of Ilsington, which his...
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    Bretteville-sur-Laize is twinned with: Maßbach, Germany (since 1989) Chagford, England (since 1975, but twinning activity lapsed in the 1990s) Communes...
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  • Burrington Butterleigh Cadbury Cadeleigh Calverleigh Carley Carlingwark Chagford Challacombe Chapelton Chardstock Charles Charleton Chawleigh Chelfham Cheriton...
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    Drewsteignton, Dunsford, Bridford, Bovey Tracey, Lustleigh, North Bovey and Chagford. At the 2011 census the population of the parish was 1,703, and Moorland...
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  • Lostwithiel (1640-death) Trooper Sidney Godolphin 1610 1643 Killed at Chagford during Civil War Royalist Helston (1628–29 and 1640-death) Colonel John...
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    Edward I's 1305 Stannary Charter established Tavistock, Ashburton and Chagford as Devon's stannaries, with a monopoly on all tin mining in Devon, a right...
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    is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Throwleigh, Chagford and Dartmoor Forest. In 2001 its population was 116, little changed from...
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    Sir John Whiddon (died 27 January 1576) of Whiddon in the parish of Chagford in Devon, was a Justice of the Queen's Bench from 4 October 1553 to his death...
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    whose family owned Throwleigh, Chagford and other nearby areas, thereby bringing Gidleigh, Throwleigh, and Chagford into the control of a single family...
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    the catchment area of Okehampton that include South Tawton, Hatherleigh, Chagford, North Tawton and Bridestowe. The Anglican parish church of All Saints...
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