Ipplepen is a village and

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located within the

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district of the county of

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in south-west

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. A

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was located there. There is an electoral ward with the same name. The population at the 2011 census is 2,469.

Location

Ipplepen is situated about to the southwest of the market town of

Newton Abbot Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its 2011 population of 24,029 was estimated to reach 26,655 in 2019. It grew rapidly in the Victorian era as the home of the So ...

, from the southern edge of

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and about to the northwest of

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. Other nearby villages include Torbryan, Broadhempston, Denbury, Marldon and Abbotskerswell.

Amenities

Ipplepen now has one

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('The Wellington') and it is situated close to the heart of the village and alongside the main road. The village's second public house ('The Plough Inn') was closed in January 2009 and then put up for sale, it was adjacent to the Conservative Club. There is also a

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, park,

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club, village hall,

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, general store, two churches, a medical centre and a Football Club with a very good youth section. The village

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was temporarily closed in 2008, while a new library building was being built. The main transport link is the A381 road to Newton Abbot and

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. St Andrews Anglican

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is a

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Population

The population of Ipplepen during 1801 and 1901 was 821 and 813 respectively. By the time of the 1991 Census in the United Kingdom, the population of 'Ipplepen with Torbryan' had increased to 2446. The average age was 42 years and 68.9% were described as being in 'good health'.

Archaeology

Archaeological excavations in Ipplepen have found

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, a portion of a Roman road, a Roman age butcher shop, and various broken ceramics of Mediterranean and Gallic origin which once contained wine, olive oil and garum (fish sauce). In February 2015 it was announced that a "major" Roman cemetery, including 15 skeletons, had been discovered during an archaeological dig at Ipplepen. Archaeologists said that the discoveries were both nationally and regionally important. One of the skeletons tested showed that the settlement was in use up to 350 years after the Roman period had ended in about 410 AD. The site was originally discovered by

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ists.

Notable residents

Notable residents of the past and present include: * Sir Alfred Langler – journalist and editor * Rev. John Hewett was rural dean of Ipplepen *

Bertram Fletcher Robinson Bertram Fletcher Robinson (22 August 1870 – 21 January 1907) was an English sportsman, journalist, author and Liberal Unionist Party campaigner. Between 1893 and 1907, he wrote nearly three hundred items, including a series of short stories th ...

– journalist, editor & author. * Jon Lee – actor and former vocalist with the pop group

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, was born in Ipplepen. * David St John Thomas - writer and publisher *

William John Wills William John Wills (5 January 1834 – ) was a British surveyor who also trained as a surgeon. Wills achieved fame as the second-in-command of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from ...

(1834–1861) - explorer of Australia

References

External links

Ipplepen Parish Council

Ipplepen.Info

Ipplepen at GenUKI
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