Bishop’s Tawton
Bishop's Tawton is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. It is in the valley of the River Taw, about three miles south of Barnstaple. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,176.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,180 residents
- Description: village in Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bishop’s Tawton, Devon” and “Bishops Tawton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Chichester Arms.
Church of St John the Baptist
Church
Photo: William Cooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St John the Baptist is the Anglican parish church for the village of Bishop's Tawton in Devon. The church has been a Grade I listed building since 1965 and comes under the Diocese of Exeter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eastacombe and Barnstaple.
Eastacombe
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eastacombe is a hamlet in Tawstock parish, Devon, England, about 2 miles southwest of Barnstaple. The hamlets of St John's Chapel and Stoneylands are close by, to the west. Eastacombe is situated 1½ miles west of Bishop’s Tawton.
Barnstaple
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
Barnstaple is a river-port town and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The town lies at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel.
Harracott
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harracott is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles south of Bishop’s Tawton.
Bishop’s Tawton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Bishop’s Tawton, North Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.05273° or 51° 3′ 10″ northLongitude
-4.04635° or 4° 2′ 47″ westPopulation
1,180Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
9C3Q3X33+3FOpenStreetMap ID
node 1607758614OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11593096Wikidata ID
Q4917449
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Bishop’s Tawton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bishop’s Tawton”
- Cebuano: “Bishop’s Tawton”
- Chinese: “Bishop’s Tawton”
- Dutch: “Bishop’s Tawton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيشوپس تاوتون”
- French: “Bishop’s Tawton”
- German: “Bishop’s Tawton”
- Irish: “Bishop’s Tawton”
- Italian: “Bishop’s Tawton”
- Japanese: “ビショップス・トートン”
- Ladin: “Bishop’s Tawton”
- Lithuanian: “Bišops Tautonas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bishop’s Tawton”
- Polish: “Bishop’s Tawton”
- Spanish: “Bishop’s Tawton”
- Swedish: “Bishop’s Tawton”
- Welsh: “Bishop’s Tawton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bishops Tawton Primary School and Taw Valley.
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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 “Bishop’s Tawton”. Photo: Roger A Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.