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Lydford Parish Council
Community & Organisations

Lydford Parish Council

Lydford, Okehampton

The parish council for Lydford, home to Lydford Gorge and the ruined stannary castle.

Manaton Parish Council
Community & Organisations

Manaton Parish Council

Manaton, Newton Abbot

The parish council for Manaton, a small Dartmoor village near Becky Falls and Haytor.

Mary Tavy Parish Council
Community & Organisations

Mary Tavy Parish Council

Mary Tavy, Tavistock

The parish council for Mary Tavy, a former mining village near Tavistock and Wheal Betsy.

Meavy Parish Council
Community & Organisations

Meavy Parish Council

Meavy, Yelverton

Meavy's parish council, delivered jointly with Sheepstor, Dousland and Walkhampton through Burrator Parish Council.

Mid Devon District Council
Community & Organisations

Mid Devon District Council

Tiverton

The district council for Tiverton, Crediton and Cullompton, touching Dartmoor's northeastern edge.

Dartmoor quiz
“Dwellers in the hilly parts of Devon, on Dartmoor and Exmoor, and in the villages bordering upon them, are as deeply imbued with faith in witches, as their forefathers were in the days when Alfred was king.”

Who wrote this?

Sarah Hewett. From Nummits and Crummits: Devonshire Customs, Characteristics, and Folk-lore (1900).

Worth a visit
Moretonhampstead Parish Council
Community & Organisations

Moretonhampstead Parish Council

Moretonhampstead

The parish council for Moretonhampstead, the 'Gateway to the Moor' on Dartmoor's eastern edge.

North Bovey Parish Council
Community & Organisations

North Bovey Parish Council

North Bovey, Newton Abbot

The parish council for North Bovey, a picturesque village built around a village green and stone cross.

Okehampton Town Council
Community & Organisations

Okehampton Town Council

Okehampton

The town council for Okehampton, a market town on Dartmoor's northern edge, below the ruined castle.

Okehampton Town Hall
Government & Local Councils

Okehampton Town Hall

Okehampton

Okehampton Town Council offices and civic venue in a Grade II listed granite building from 1685, hosting civil ceremonies and community events.

A close-up photograph from DartmoorPhotograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

“I be mazed 'bout blue." ... "Butter be mazed twice a year, they say" ... "It un't going to bittle." ... "Do it vitty, now.”

Also on Our DartmoorWatern Oke: double hut circle — A double hut circle at Watern Oke of two rooms, 6.5 m by 4.5 m and 4.2 m across, with a boulder doorpost; the 1905 dig found hearths in both rooms.