Lydford

Lydford is a village in , the county of . The village sits within .
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  • Type: Village with 370 residents
  • Description: village in Devon, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Lidford” and “Lydford, Devon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lydford Castle and Fox & Hounds Hotel.

Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 1.0.
is a medieval castle in the town of Lydford, , England. The first castle in Lydford, sometimes termed the Norman fort, was a small ringwork built in a corner of the Anglo-Saxon fortified burh in the years after the Norman conquest of England.

Hotel
Photo: Mike Dodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pub
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is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Combebow and Bridestowe.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in , England. It is situated by the . is situated 2½ miles northwest of Lydford.

Village
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is a civil parish and village in the district of West Devon, , England. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of , , and Sourton Common, Lydford, and Thrushelton. is situated 2½ miles north of Lydford.

Lydford

Latitude
50.6455° or 50° 38′ 44″ north
Longitude
-4.1061° or 4° 6′ 22″ west
Population
370
Elevation
738 feet (225 metres)
Open location code
9C2QJVWV+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 264969110
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2643325
Wiki­data ID
Q1026666
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Lydford” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Лйдфорд”
  • Cebuano: “Lydford”
  • Chinese: “Lydford”
  • Dutch: “Lydford”
  • French: “Lydford”
  • German: “Lydford”
  • Irish: “Lydford”
  • Italian: “Lydford”
  • Ladin: “Lydford”
  • Latin: “Lydford”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lydford”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hlydanford”
  • Persian: “لیدفورد”
  • Polish: “Lydford”
  • Swedish: “Lydford”
  • Turkish: “Lydford”
  • Urdu: “لڈفورڈ”
  • Welsh: “Lydford”
  • “Lydford”

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