Ashwater

Ashwater
St Peter's church
Ashwater Location within Devon
OS grid reference	SX3895
District	Torridge
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BEAWORTHY
Postcode district	EX21
Dialling code	01409
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Torridge and West Devon
List of places UK England Devon 50°44′N4°17′W / 50.73°N 04.29°W / 50.73; -04.29

Ashwater is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England. ^{[1] [2]} According to the 2001 census it had a population of 651 that had risen to 673 by the 2011 census. ^{[3] [4]} It is close to the Cornish border, and is about 10 miles north of Launceston. ^[1]

The church is thirteenth century, with fifteenth-century windows, with an arcade that mixes the two periods. The decorated font is Norman, described by Mee as "a great treasure". ^[5] The former rectory is a Grade II listed building. ^[6]

References

1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 Bude & Clovelly (Boscastle & Holsworthy) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN   9780319231456.
2. "Ashwater - Introduction". www.ashwaterparish.org.uk. Atwater Parish Council. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
3. "Key Statistics for 2001 Census: Ashwater (Parish)". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
4. "Key Statistics for 2011 Census: Ashwater (Parish)". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
5. Mee, A. (1965). The King's England: Devon. Hodder and Stoughton. p. 24.
6. Historic England. "THE OLD RECTORY INCLUDING GARDEN WALL ADJOINING AT REAR (1317694)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 31 December 2018.

External links

• Parish website
• Media related to Ashwater at Wikimedia Commons
• Ashwater in the Domesday Book