Newton Poppleford and Harpford

Human settlement in England

Newton Poppleford and Harpford

District

East Devon

Devon

Region

South West

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSidmouthPostcode districtEX10Police Devon and Cornwall Fire Devon and Somerset Ambulance South Western

List of places: UK; England; Devon

50°42′7.2″N 3°17′52.8″W / 50.702000°N 3.298000°W / 50.702000; -3.298000

Newton Poppleford and Harpford is a civil parish in East Devon, England. It is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Ottery St Mary, Sidmouth, Otterton, Colaton Raleigh and Aylesbeare.^[2] The parish includes the large village of Newton Poppleford, and also includes the smaller settlements of Harpford, Burrow, Southerton and Venn Ottery. As of 2019, it has a population of 2,153.^[1]

Harpford Common and Harpford Hill lie in the west of the parish, although Harpford village is east of Newton Poppleford. These areas were historically part of the ancient parish of Harpford.

On 1 April 1935, the Newton Poppleford and Venn Ottery parishes were merged with Harpford and 412 acres were transferred to Sidmouth. In 1968, the parish was renamed from "Harpford" to "Newton Poppleford and Harpford".^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Newton Poppleford and Harpford (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
^ "Newton Poppleford and Harpford AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ "Devon Central Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 2 October 2021.