Petrockstowe
Petrockstowe is a small village and civil parish in the district of Torridge in Northern Devon, England. Its population in 2001 was 379, hardly different from the figure of 385 recorded in 1901.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 391 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Devon, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Petrockstow”, “Petrockstow (civil parish), Devon”, “Petrockstow, Devon”, and “Petrockstowe, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Petrock and Laurels Inn.
Church of St James the Less
Church
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St James the Less is situated 1½ miles northeast of Petrockstowe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woollaton and Hatherleigh.
Woollaton
Hamlet
Woollaton is a village in Devon, England. Woollaton is situated 3 miles northwest of Petrockstowe.
Hatherleigh
Town
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Hatherleigh is a small market town in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1306. It hosts an arts festival in July, and a carnival in November featuring two flaming tar barrel runs. Hatherleigh is situated 4 miles southeast of Petrockstowe.
Taddiport
Village
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Taddiport is a hamlet in North Devon, England, near Great Torrington. The name is believed to derive from toad, a place where toads were found. In the Middle Ages it was a leper colony. Taddiport is situated 6 miles north of Petrockstowe.
Petrockstowe
- Categories: village and civil parish
- Location: Petrockstow, Torridge District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Petrockstowe” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Petrockstow”
- Chinese: “Petrockstow”
- Dutch: “Petrockstow”
- French: “Petrockstowe”
- Irish: “Petrockstowe”
- Italian: “Petrockstowe”
- Ladin: “Petrockstowe”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Petrockstow”
- Persian: “پتراکستو”
- Polish: “Petrockstowe”
- Portuguese: “Petrockstowe”
- Swedish: “Petrockstow”
- Turkish: “Petrockstowe”
- Welsh: “Petrockstowe”
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