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In 1864 it was renamed as the Devon and Cornwall Railway and construction finally started. It opened slowly in sections: from Coleford Junction to North Tawton on 1 November 1865; from there to Okehampton Road (later renamed Sampford Courtenay) on 8 January 1867; to Okehampton itself on 3 October 1871; and finally to Lidford on 12 October 1874.
Okehampton (/ ˌ oʊ k ˈ h æ m p t ə n / or / ˈ oʊ k æ m p t ə n /) is a town and civil parish in West Devon in the English county of Devon. It is situated at the northern edge of Dartmoor , and had a population of 5,922 at the 2011 census. [ 1 ]
Devon 50°44′28″N 3°58′41″W / 50.741°N 3.978°W / 50.741; Okehampton Hamlets is a civil parish in the Borough of West Devon and the English county of Devon , it runs independently from the Okehampton Town Council , meetings are held at the Meldon Village Hall.
Okehampton railway station is a terminus railway station on the Dartmoor line serving the town of Okehampton in Devon, England. The station closed to regular traffic in 1972, but heritage and occasional mainline services ran from 1997 to 2019. Regular railway services resumed in November 2021.
The town hall continued to serve as the headquarters of the borough council for much of the 20th century, [12] but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged West Devon District Council was formed at Tavistock in 1974. [13] It instead became the meeting place of Okehampton Town Council. [14]
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Bratton Clovelly is a village, parish and former manor in the west part of Devon, England. It is situated about 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Okehampton [1] immediately north of the A30 road. The manor of Bratton Clovelly was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. [2] The parish church dedicated to St Mary is 15th-century, with many Norman features.
Iddesleigh (/ ˈ ɪ d z l iː / IDZ-lee) is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon, England.The settlement has ancient origins and is listed in the Domesday Book.The village lies on the B3217 road, roughly central in its parish of around 2,900 acres (1,200 ha), about 8 miles (13 km) north of the town of Okehampton.