West Lydford is a village in

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, within the parish of Lydford on Fosse. The village is spread along a stretch of road called the High Street. At the north end of the village is a distinct group of houses known as Fair Place, on the site of a medieval fair. There are two old weirs in the area of the village, the larger, downstream, of which was refurbished in 2012 and provides a pool which is used for

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. The upstream weir was earlier lowered from its original height to prevent flooding on the A37, where the road crosses the

River Brue The River Brue originates in the parish of Brewham in Somerset, England, and reaches the sea some west at Burnham-on-Sea. It originally took a different route from Glastonbury to the sea, but this was changed by Glastonbury Abbey in the twelft ...

. The village is the site for the Lydford on Fosse parish hall, which is situated adjacent to the Church. The current road bridge taking the High Street over the

was built in the 17th century.

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