Merton
Merton is a village, ecclesiastical parish, former manor and civil parish administered by the local government district of Torridge, Devon, England. The parish, which lies about five miles south east of the town of Great Torrington, is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Little Torrington, Beaford, Dolton, Huish, Petrockstowe and Peters Marland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stephen Bashford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 740 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Devon, England
- Also known as: “Merton, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barometer World and Church of St James the Less.
Barometer World
Building
Barometer World was the world's only barometer museum, and was located in the village of Merton, near Great Torrington, Devon, England. Barometer World makes, sells and restores barometers of a variety of types.
Church of St Petrock
Church
Photo: Bernice, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Petrock is situated 2 miles southwest of Merton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woollaton and St Giles in the Wood.
Woollaton
Hamlet
Woollaton is a village in Devon, England. Woollaton is situated 3½ miles west of Merton.
St Giles in the Wood
Village
Photo: Bernice, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Giles in the Wood is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England. The village lies about 2.5 miles east of the town of Great Torrington, and the parish, which had a population of 566 in 2001 compared with 623 in 1901… St Giles in the Wood is situated 4½ miles north of Merton.
Taddiport
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 4½ miles northwest of Merton.
Merton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Merton, Torridge District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.89054° or 50° 53′ 26″ northLongitude
-4.09543° or 4° 5′ 44″ westPopulation
740Elevation
190 feet (58 metres)Open location code
9C2QVWR3+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 332036870OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2642704Wikidata ID
Q2039305
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Merton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Merton”
- Chinese: “Merton”
- Dutch: “Merton”
- French: “Merton”
- Irish: “Merton”
- Ladin: “Merton (Devon)”
- Ladin: “Merton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Merton (Devon)”
- Polish: “Merton”
- Swedish: “Merton, Devon”
- Swedish: “Merton”
- Turkish: “Merton, Devon”
- “Merton”
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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 “Merton”. Photo: Stephen Bashford, CC BY-SA 2.0.