Sheepwash
Sheepwash is a village and civil parish on the southern border of the local government district of Torridge, Devon, England. The parish, which lies about nine miles ENE of the town of Holsworthy, about eight miles south of Great Torrington and about ten miles north-west of Okehampton, is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Buckland Filleigh, Highampton and Black Torrington.- Type: Village with 269 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Devon, UK
- Also known as: “Sheepwash, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Lawrence and Half Moon Inn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Odham and Battledown Cross.
Battledown Cross
Locality
Battledown Cross is a hamlet in Devon, England. Battledown Cross is situated 3 miles northwest of Sheepwash.
Hatherleigh
Town
Hatherleigh is a market town in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is situated near the River Lew, approximately 35 miles north-northeast of Plymouth, 24 miles west-northwest of Exeter, and 6 miles north-northwest of Okehampton. Hatherleigh is situated 3½ miles east of Sheepwash.
Sheepwash
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Sheepwash, Torridge District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.83635° or 50° 50′ 11″ north
Longitude
-4.15093° or 4° 9′ 3″ west
Population
269
Elevation
236 feet (72 metres)
Open location code
9C2QRRPX+GJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Sheepwash” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sheepwash”
- Chinese: “Sheepwash”
- Dutch: “Sheepwash”
- French: “Sheepwash”
- Irish: “Sheepwash”
- Italian: “Sheepwash”
- Ladin: “Sheepwash (Devon)”
- Ladin: “Sheepwash”
- Latin: “Sheepwash (Devonia)”
- Latin: “Sheepwash”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sheepwash”
- Persian: “شیپواش، دوون”
- Persian: “شیپواش”
- Polish: “Sheepwash”
- Swedish: “Sheepwash”
- Turkish: “Sheepwash, Devon”
- Welsh: “Sheepwash, Dyfnaint”
- “Sheepwash”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sheepwash and Newcourt Wood.
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