Diptford is a village in the

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, England. It is perched on a hill overlooking the River Avon. The name is believed to come from "deep ford", referring to the local site of a river crossing. The village is mentioned in the

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as one of the settlements in the

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of Diptford. At the centre of the village is a small primary school,Diptford Primary
/ref> the parish hall and the recently redeveloped 14th-century church. A former rector of the village, Rev.

William Gregor William Gregor (25 December 1761 – 11 June 1817) was an English clergyman and mineralogist who discovered the elemental metal titanium. Early years He was born at the Trewarthenick Estate in Cornwall, the son of Francis Gregor and Mary Co ...

, discovered the element

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, which he called manaccanite, in 1791. The Dipford Cross and wall were rebuilt on 23 August 2020, by Aldridge born Craftsman and artist John Clifton.

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