Tedburn St Mary

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The cemetery, established in 1886

Tedburn St Mary is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England, approximately 8 miles west of Exeter. According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 1,550, which was slightly more than the 1,472 recorded at the 2011 census. [1] The village is the principal population centre of the electoral ward called Teignbridge North. The population of the ward at the 2011 census is 2,715. [2]

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The Grade II* listed church of St Mary [3] is at Town Barton, the former site of the village which is northwest of the present one. The west tower has diagonal buttresses and a polygonal stair turret. The nave is unusually wide; the north transept and the north aisle may be 14th century. The chancel was rebuilt in 1868. [4]

Edward Gee was rector of Tedburn St Mary from 1599 to 1618.

Tedburn St Mary won the Calor Village of the Year competition in 2001.

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References

  1. "Tedburn St. Mary (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  2. "Teignbridge North ward 2011" . Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1215975)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. Pevsner, N. (1952) South Devon. Harmondsworth: Penguin; pp. 278-79

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