West Buckfastleigh

The Tradesman's Arms in Scorriton.

Bridge at Combe.

West Buckfastleigh is a small civil parish on the eastern border of Dartmoor in Devon, England. Situated within the tiny parish are the village of Scorriton and the hamlets of Michelcombe and Combe.^[1]

Description

West Buckfastleigh is a civil parish located at the eastern fringes of Dartmoor, and lies inside of the borders of the National Park. The majority of the parish is farmland. The parallel valleys of the Holy Brook and the River Mardle run through the parish.

It is crossed by The Abbot's Way.^[1]

Location

Starting north and going with the clock, the neighbouring parishes are Holne, Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Dean Prior and Dartmoor Forest. It lies within the local government district of South Hams, unlike the parish with which it shares the majority of its name, Buckfastleigh, which is located in Teignbridge.^[2]

Notes

1 2 BBC. "West Buckfastleigh Parish". Domesday Reloaded. Retrieved 10 - 5 - 2014.
↑ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Retrieved 2014-05-11.

Non-metropolitan district of South Hams

List of civil parishes in Devon#South Hams

Civil parishes	Ashprington Aveton Gifford Berry Pomeroy Bickleigh Bigbury Blackawton Brixton Buckland Tout Saints Charleton Chivelstone Churchstow Cornwood Cornworthy Dartington Dartmouth Dean Prior Diptford Dittisham East Allington East Portlemouth Ermington Frogmore and Sherford Halwell and Moreleigh Harberton Harford Holbeton Holne Ivybridge Kingsbridge Kingston Kingswear Littlehempston Loddiswell Malborough Marldon Modbury Newton and Noss North Huish Rattery Ringmore Salcombe Shaugh Prior Slapton South Brent South Huish South Milton South Pool Sparkwell Staverton Stoke Fleming Stoke Gabriel Stokenham Strete Thurlestone Totnes Ugborough Wembury West Alvington West Buckfastleigh Woodleigh Yealmpton

Bold text denotes a parish council referred to as a "town council" i.e. towns.

Coordinates: 50°29′N 3°50′W / 50.49°N 3.83°W / 50.49; -3.83

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