Churchill (colloquially known as Hollyhurst) is a
hamlet
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in the north of
Devon
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,
England
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, and is located near the village of
East Down, and the town of
Barnstaple.
In Media
The author
Nancy Phelan describes her time in the area in ''The Swift Foot in Time''.
[Melbourne, Quartet, 1983 ]
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Hamlets in Devon
North Devon
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