Fairy Cross

Fairy Cross is a hamlet in Alwington, Torridge District, England. Fairy Cross is situated nearby to the hamlet Ford, as well as near Alwington.

Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Big Sheep and Church of St James.

The Big Sheep

Theme park

The Big Sheep is an amusement farm park located in Abbotsham, Devon, England. The site was originally part of Abbotsham Barton Farm, owned by six generations of the same family. The Big Sheep is situated 2 miles northeast of Fairy Cross.

Church of St James

Church

Photo: Peter Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St James is situated 2 miles southwest of Fairy Cross.

Church of St Mary and St Benedict

Church

Photo: Janet Few, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mary and St Benedict is the Church of England parish church for the village of Buckland Brewer near Bideford in North Devon. It is part of the benefice of the Hartland Coast Team Ministry. Church of St Mary and St Benedict is situated 2½ miles southeast of Fairy Cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodtown and Goldworthy.

Woodtown

Hamlet

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Woodtown is a hamlet.

Goldworthy

Hamlet

Photo: Fernweh, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Goldworthy is a hamlet.

Bucks Mills

Village

Photo: Rodw, Public domain.

Bucks Mills is a small English village within the parish of Woolfardisworthy on the north coast of Devon. It was anciently the mill of the manor of Bucks, anciently Bokish, Buckish, Bochewis etc, listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Bochewis. Bucks Mills is situated 3 miles west of Fairy Cross.

Fairy Cross

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Devon, England, UK
Category: locality
Location: Alwington, Torridge District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.99508° or 50° 59′ 42″ north

Longitude

-4.27644° or 4° 16′ 35″ west

Elevation

315 feet (96 metres)

Open location code

9C2QXPWF+2C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1632864864

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

12261672

Wikidata ID

Q116762174

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