Ashwater is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the
Torridge district of
Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...
, England.
According to the 2001 census it had a population of 651 that had risen to 673 by the
2011 census. It is close to the
Cornish border, and is about 10 miles north of
Launceston.
The church is thirteenth century, with fifteenth-century windows, with an arcade that mixes the two periods. The decorated
font
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In mo ...
is
Norman, described by Mee as "a great treasure". The former rectory is a Grade II listed building.
References
External links
Parish website*
*
Villages in Devon
Torridge District
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