Littlehempston is a village and
civil parish in the
South Hams District of
Devon in
England consisting of 83 households, with a population of 207 in the parish. It has also been called Little Hempston and Hempston Arundel.
The village has many old fashioned cottages and buildings. Its church is on the hill within the village and is near to where a footpath begins, taking walkers through two miles of fields and woodland to
Totnes.
The village has two public houses. The Tally Ho is in the centre of the village, just below the church; and The Pig & Whistle is on the A381 road to
Totnes.
There is also a public phone box and noticeboard, located next to the post box just in front of a brook which eventually leads to the
River Dart.
Notable people
*
William Vallance Whiteway
Sir William Vallance Whiteway, (April 1, 1828 – June 24, 1908) was a politician and three time Premier of Newfoundland.
Life and career
Born in Littlehempston, Devon, England, Whiteway emigrated to Newfoundland in 1843 and entered the l ...
,
QC KCMG (1 April 1828 – 24 June 1908), politician and three time
Premier
Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier.
A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
of
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
, was born at Buckyette in the parish.
["England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N547-JR8 : accessed 27 Dec 2013), Wm Valance Whiteway, 04 Sep 1828.]
*
Gerald Hine-Haycock
Gerald William Vaughan Hine-Haycock (born 1951), known in his earlier broadcasting career as ''Gerald Haycock'', is a British broadcasting journalist of over thirty years' standing. He is a former correspondent for Independent Television News an ...
, former
ITN
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and
BBC News Correspondent;
HTV West and
BBC West programme presenter, lives at Hempstone Park in the village, and he and his wife, Judy, provide bed-and-breakfast accommodation there.
* Keith Law, Songwriter for
Velvett Fogg, lived in the village.
See also
*
Totnes (Riverside) railway station
References
External links
Littlehempston websiteTally Ho websitePig & Whistle website
Villages in South Hams
Civil parishes in South Hams
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