Avonwick

Avonwick is a village on the River Avon in North Huish parish, South Hams, Devon. It was not called Avonwick until 1870; before that it was Newhouse. Parts of the village lay in different parishes until the 1970s, when boundary changes moved the shop, church and nearby properties into North Huish. The parish had 360 people at the 2001 census and 499 in 2021.

The Cornish-Bowden family were landowners and shaped the village's growth in the 19th century. St James's church was dedicated in 1878 and is described as one of the few proprietary chapels left in the country. The Avon Inn is Victorian and shown on maps of the 1880s. The shop opened in 1871 and closed in 2018. Avonwick station opened in 1893 about half a mile outside the village on a branch line and closed in 1963.

The Cobbly Walk is a cobbled track of about 400 yards between the Old Bridge and the New Bridge, with traces of old cart ruts. It was the main route until the New Bridge was built, and was used to carry slate from Diptford quarries and to drove cattle to Dartmoor summer pastures. Turtley Corn Mill stands where the Glaze Brook meets the Avon.

The sources found do not date the Cobbly Walk's cobbles.