Ashwater is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England.[1][2] According to the 2001 census it had a population of 651 that had risen to 673 by the 2011 census.[3][4] It is close to the Cornish border, and is about 10 miles north of Launceston.[1]
| Ashwater | |
|---|---|
.jpg) St Peter's church | |
  Ashwater Location within Devon | |
| OS grid reference | SX3895 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BEAWORTHY |
| Postcode district | EX21 |
| Dialling code | 01409 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
The church is thirteenth century, with fifteenth-century windows, with an arcade that mixes the two periods. The decorated font is Norman, described by Mee as "a great treasure".[5] The former rectory is a Grade II listed building.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 Bude & Clovelly (Boscastle & Holsworthy) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231456.
- ^ "Ashwater - Introduction". www.ashwaterparish.org.uk. Atwater Parish Council. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Key Statistics for 2001 Census: Ashwater (Parish)". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Key Statistics for 2011 Census: Ashwater (Parish)". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ Mee, A. (1965). The King's England: Devon. Hodder and Stoughton. p. 24.
- ^ Historic England. "THE OLD RECTORY INCLUDING GARDEN WALL ADJOINING AT REAR (1317694)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
External links
edit- Parish website
Media related to Ashwater at Wikimedia Commons- Ashwater in the Domesday Book
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