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Tedburn St Mary

Coordinates: 50°44′N 3°41′W / 50.733°N 3.683°W / 50.733; -3.683
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Tedburn church
The cemetery, established in 1886

Tedburn St Mary is a village situated approximately 8 miles west of Exeter, Devon, England. It has a population of approximately 1500. 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.[1]

The church of St Mary is at Town Barton, the former site of the village which is north 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.[2]

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Teignbridge North ward 2011". Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ^ Pevsner, N. (1952) South Devon. Harmondsworth: Penguin; pp. 278-79

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50°44′N 3°41′W / 50.733°N 3.683°W / 50.733; -3.683