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Brandis Corner
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A3072 at Brandis Corner
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Brandis Corner
Location within Devon
OS grid reference SS4103
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
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UK
England
Devon
50°48′N4°15′W / 50.80°N 04.25°W / 50.80; -04.25 Coordinates: 50°48′N4°15′W / 50.80°N 04.25°W / 50.80; -04.25

Brandis Corner is a village on the A3072 within the civil parish of Holsworthy in Devon, England.

In the Cornish dialect, a brandis is a three-legged stool made of iron, or a three-cornered rest used for a kettle. In Devonshire, the name has been used for places shaped like this article e.g. Brandis Corner, and Brandis Lane near Crediton (Source: p336 in Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall Volume IX 1886-1889 - published in 1889.)


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