| Alverdiscott | |
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.jpg) All Saints Church is medieval with later additions and has been restored. | |
  Alverdiscott Location within Devon | |
| Area | 9.57 km2 (3.69 sq mi) |
| Population | 286 (2011)[1] |
| • Density | 30/km2 (78/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | SS519252 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BARNSTAPLE |
| Postcode district | EX31 |
| Dialling code | 01271 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Alverdiscott (pronounced Alscott,[2] /ˈɒlskɒt/ or /ˈɔːlskɒt/) is a village, civil parish, former manor and former ecclesiastical parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England, centred 5.5 miles (9 km) south-south-west of Barnstaple.
The population of the parish grew by five in the ten years to 2011, according to that year's census.[1] The parish has three hamlets, Woodtown, Alverdiscott in the west, Alscott Barton describes part of the village nucleus and Stony Cross, Alverdiscott is in between these two places.
- ^ a b Key Statistics: Population. Archived 11 February 2003 at the Wayback Machine (2011 census Parish: Alverdiscott) Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Hoskins, W. G. (1972). A New Survey of England: Devon. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 318. ISBN 0-7153-5577-5.