Littlehempston is a village and
civil parish
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in the
South Hams District of
Devon
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in
England
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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
Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about west of Paignton, about west-southwest of Torquay and abo ...
.
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
Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about west of Paignton, about west-southwest of Torquay and abo ...
.
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
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Name
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.
Notable people
*
William Vallance Whiteway,
QC KCMG KCMG may refer to
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* Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, British honour
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(1 April 1828 – 24 June 1908), politician and three time
Premier of
Newfoundland, 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, former
ITN and
BBC News
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Correspondent;
HTV West
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and
BBC West
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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
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Develop ...
, lived in the village.
See also
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Totnes (Riverside) railway station
Totnes (Riverside) railway station, previously known as Totnes Littlehempston railway station and Littlehempston Riverside railway station, is a railway station situated in Littlehempston in the England, English county of Devon. It is the southe ...
References
External links
Littlehempston websiteTally Ho websitePig & Whistle website
Villages in South Hams
Civil parishes in South Hams
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