Harford is a hamlet and
civil parish
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located approximately north of the town of
Ivybridge
Ivybridge is a town and civil parish in the South Hams, in Devon, England. It lies about east of Plymouth. It is at the southern extremity of Dartmoor, a National Park of England and Wales and lies along the A38 "Devon Expressway" road. The ...
in the county of
Devon
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, England. The parish lies in the
local government district
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of the
South Hams
South Hams is a non-metropolitan district, local government district on the south coast of Devon, England. Its council is based in the town of Totnes, although the largest town is Ivybridge. The district also contains the towns of Dartmouth, ...
, which is a localised, second-tier governmental division of the
non-metropolitan county
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of Devon, administered by
Devon County Council
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.
With a parish population of just 77 people, it is the smallest civil parish in the South Hams by number of people.
Part of the village (now town) of
Ivybridge
Ivybridge is a town and civil parish in the South Hams, in Devon, England. It lies about east of Plymouth. It is at the southern extremity of Dartmoor, a National Park of England and Wales and lies along the A38 "Devon Expressway" road. The ...
— the district's largest civil parish with 12,056 people — used to lye in the parish boundaries of Harford, until the parish of St John's was formed in 1836 (later renamed the parish of Ivybridge in 1894).
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Hamlets in Devon
Civil parishes in South Hams