Wolford Chapel
Wolford Chapel in Devon, England, is the burial place of John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada. The building and land are publicly owned by the Canadian province of Ontario, and flies the Flag of Canada despite being in the English countryside.Photo: Stevekeiretsu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dunkeswell Aerodrome and Hembury.
Dunkeswell Aerodrome
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Dunkeswell Aerodrome is an airfield in East Devon, England. It is located next to the village of Dunkeswell near the eastern edge of the Blackdown Hills, approximately 5 miles north of the town of Honiton and 16 mi northeast of Exeter. Dunkeswell Aerodrome is situated 1½ miles north of Wolford Chapel.
Hembury
Archaeological site
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hembury is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure and Iron Age hillfort near Honiton in Devon. Its history stretches from the late fifth and early fourth millennia BC to the Roman invasion. Hembury is situated 2 miles southwest of Wolford Chapel.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: Stevekeiretsu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St Nicholas is situated 1½ miles north of Wolford Chapel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunkeswell and Awliscombe.
Dunkeswell
Village
Photo: Eugene Birchall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunkeswell is a village and civil parish in East Devon, England, located about 5 miles north of the town of Honiton. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,553, reducing to 1,361 at the 2011 Census. Dunkeswell is situated 1½ miles north of Wolford Chapel.
Awliscombe
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Awliscombe is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England. The village is about two miles west of Honiton. The 2011 census showed a population of 500 for the parish, which is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Dunkeswell, Combe Raleigh, Honiton, Gittisham, Buckerell, Payhembury and Broadhembury. Awliscombe is situated 2 miles south of Wolford Chapel.
Combe Raleigh
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Combe Raleigh is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon, England. The village lies about 1.5 miles north of the town of Honiton, and the parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Luppitt, Honiton, Awliscombe and Dunkeswell. Combe Raleigh is situated 2½ miles southeast of Wolford Chapel.
Wolford Chapel
- Type: Church
- Description: grade II listed chapel in Dunkeswell, United Kingdom
- Categories: chapel, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Dunkeswell, East Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.8402° or 50° 50′ 25″ northLongitude
-3.22681° or 3° 13′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C2RRQRF+37OpenStreetMap ID
way 532551009OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=chapelWikidata ID
Q8030176
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Wolford Chapel” goes by many names.
- French: “chapelle Wolford”
- French: “Chapelle Wolford”
- German: “Wolford Chapel”
- Japanese: “ウォルフォード・チャペル”
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Highlights include Pond Plantation and The Chase.
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