Dunkeswell

Dunkeswell
The gatehouse at Dunkeswell Abbey
Dunkeswell is located in Devon
Dunkeswell
Dunkeswell
Location within Devon
Population1,361 (2011)
OS grid referenceST1407
Civil parish
  • Dunkeswell
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHONITON
Postcode districtEX14
Dialling code01404
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Devon
50°51′47″N 3°13′16″W / 50.863°N 3.221°W / 50.863; -3.221

Dunkeswell is a village and civil parish in East Devon, England, located about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the town of Honiton. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,553,[1] reducing to 1,361 at the 2011 Census.[2] There is an electoral ward with the same name whose population at the above census was 2,000.[3] The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Hemyock, Luppitt, Combe Raleigh, Awliscombe, Broadhembury and Sheldon.[4]

  1. ^ "Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: East Devon". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2016.