Burrator

Burrator is a civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is entirely within the boundaries of the Dartmoor National Park and was formed from the older parishes of Meavy, Sheepstor and Walkhampton.

The parish has an area of 59.45 km² (23 sq miles), and is one of the most sparsely populated. The population count in 2001 found that 1,540 people lived in the parish. The parish coincides with the similarly-named electoral ward, and at the 2011 census the population had decreased to 1,445.^[1] The ward contains the villages of Dousland, Meavy, Sheepstor and Walkhampton, and also Burrator Reservoir which is the main water supply for Plymouth. The parish is twinned with the municipality of Mathieu, in Normandy, France.

The parish of Burrator is named after Burra Tor, a minor flat-topped hill (arguably not a true tor) located at Grid Reference 553679^[2] at the southern end of the reservoir and about halfway between its two dams blocking the outlets to the River Meavy and the Sheepstor Brook.

James Brooke, the first white Rajah of Sarawak, died in Burrator.^[3]

References

1. "Ward population 2011.Retrieved 16 Feb 2015".
2. http://www.dartmoorsartplymouth.org.uk/how-help/organised-dartmoor-walks/burrator-perambulation/
3. Barley, p. 228.

• Burrator Parish Council

• Barley, Nigel. White Rajah. London: Time Warner, 2002. ISBN 978-0-316-85920-2.

Coordinates: 50°29′N 4°02′W / 50.483°N 4.033°W