Petrockstowe

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Petrockstowe
Petrockstowe (Devon)
Petrockstowe

Petrockstowe shown within Devon
OS grid reference SS5109
District Torridge
Shire county Devon
Region South West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TORRINGTON
Postcode district EX38
Dialling code 01805
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
European Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Torridge and West Devon
List of places: UK • England • Devon

Coordinates: 50°51′42″N 4°06′48″W / 50.8617, -4.1132

First mentioned in the Domesday Book[1]Petrockstowe is a small village in North Devon at the end of the Tarka trail. Its population has fluctuated between 400 and 600[2]. At one time it had a railway station (Petrockstowe railway station)[3], a school and a tannery.

Parish Church

Cott Lane

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Domesday On-line
  2. ^ History of Village
  3. ^ Village Web-site
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