Littlehempston

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Littlehempston
Location within Devon
Population207 (2001)
OS grid reference SX8162
Civil parish
  • Littlehempston
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TOTNES
Postcode district TQ9
Dialling code 01803
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Ambulance South Western
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50°27′07″N3°40′26″W / 50.452°N 3.674°W / 50.452; -3.674 Coordinates: 50°27′07″N3°40′26″W / 50.452°N 3.674°W / 50.452; -3.674

Littlehempston is a village and civil parish in the South Hams District of Devon in England consisting of 83 households, with a population of 207 in the parish. [1] It has also been called Little Hempston and Hempston Arundel.

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The village has many old fashioned cottages and buildings. Its church is on the hill within the village and is near to where a footpath begins, taking walkers through two miles of fields and woodland to Totnes.

The village has two public houses. The Tally Ho is in the centre of the village, just below the church; and The Pig & Whistle is on the A381 road to Totnes.

There is also a public phone box and noticeboard, located next to the post box just in front of a brook which eventually leads to the River Dart.

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References

  1. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : South Hams Retrieved 27 January 2010
  2. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N547-JR8  : accessed 27 Dec 2013), Wm Valance Whiteway, 04 Sep 1828.

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