Holsworthy Hamlets is a civil parish in the northwest of Devon, England. It forms part of the local government district of

Torridge Torridge may refer to: * Torridge District, a local government district in the county of Devon, England * River Torridge, is a river in Devon in England * Torridge Lass Suffix beginning with F ''Empire Fabian'' ''Empire Fabian'' was an E ...

and came into being on 1 April 1900 when the ecclesiastical parish of Holsworthy was split into two. The parish almost surrounds the parish and town of Holsworthy, except on the east. It is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of

Bradworthy Bradworthy is a village and civil parish in Devon, England. The village is close to the site of the first wind turbines in Devon, erected in 2005. Bradworthy has the largest village square in England. The civil parish is bordered by the Devon pa ...

, Sutcombe, Milton Damerel,

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, Cookbury, Hollacombe, Clawton,

Pyworthy Pyworthy is a village and civil parish in the far west of Devon, England. It forms part of the local government district of Torridge. The parish lies to the west of the town of Holsworthy. It is surrounded clockwise from the north-west by the ...

and Holsworthy, and Pancrasweek. In 2001 its population was 821, distributed among farms and hamlets such as Thorne and Chilsworthy (former

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manors), Youldon, Honeycroft, Vognacott, Merryfield, South Arscott (the original home of the Arscott familyDay (1934), pp.2 (map facing), 29.), Herdwick, Staddon and Chasty. Soldon in the north of the parish is now a farmhouse, but in the 17th century it was a manor house of the Prideaux family and it retains many fittings of that period.

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* Torridge District {{Devon-geo-stub