Devon
West Devon District
North Tawton

North Tawton

North Tawton is a small town in , England, situated on the river . It is administered by West Devon Council. The population of the electoral ward at the census 2011 was 2,026.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: town in Devon, England, UK
  • Also known as: “North Tawton Roman Fort” and “North Tawton, Devon”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Peter and Court Green.

Church
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is situated 1¼ miles north of North Tawton.

Building
is a house in North Tawton, , . It was the home the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath moved to in late August 1961. Plath left the house on 10 December 1962, while Hughes lived there on and off for the rest of his life. is situated 1¼ miles north of North Tawton.

Pub
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is a pub, which is situated 1¼ miles north of North Tawton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Zeal and Belstone.

Village
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is a village on , in , United Kingdom. It has a Church of England chapel and a Methodist chapel. The church is situated in the smaller village, down the road, for which the parish is named. is situated 4 miles south of North Tawton.

Village
Photo: Graham Loveland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and civil parish in the West Devon District of , England. is situated 4½ miles southwest of North Tawton.

Village
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is a hamlet within the parish of in . At the 2011 census, it had a population of 267. is situated 5 miles southeast of North Tawton.

North Tawton

Latitude
50.78292° or 50° 46′ 59″ north
Longitude
-3.90024° or 3° 54′ 1″ west
Population
1,630
Elevation
453 feet (138 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB NTZ
Open location code
9C2RQ3MX+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2304013486
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
2641245
Wiki­data ID
Q1221032
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“North Tawton” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “North Tawton”
  • Basque: “North Tawton”
  • Catalan: “North Tawton”
  • Cebuano: “North Tawton”
  • Chinese: “North Tawton”
  • Dutch: “North Tawton”
  • French: “North Tawton”
  • Irish: “Tawton Thuaidh”
  • Italian: “North Tawton”
  • Japanese: “ノース・トートン”
  • Japanese: “ノース・トウトン”
  • Ladin: “North Tawton”
  • Latin: “Nemetostatio”
  • Latin: “North Tawton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “North Tawton”
  • Persian: “نورث تاوتون”
  • Polish: “North Tawton”
  • Slovenian: “North Tawton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نورث تاوتون”
  • Spanish: “North Tawton”
  • Swedish: “North Tawton”
  • Turkish: “North Tawton”
  • Welsh: “North Tawton”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “North Tawton”. Photo: Grant Sherman, CC BY-SA 2.0.