Heanton Punchardon | |
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St Augustine's Church, Heanton Punchardon | |
Location within Devon | |
Population | 2,406 (2011 census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SS5035 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BARNSTAPLE |
Postcode district | EX31 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Heanton Punchardon (/ˈhɛntən/ /pʌnˈtʃɑːrdən/) is a village, civil parish and former manor, anciently part of Braunton Hundred. It is situated directly east-southeast of the village of Braunton, in North Devon. The parish lies on the north bank of the estuary of the River Taw and it is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Braunton, Marwood, Ashford and across the estuary, Fremington.[2] The population was 418 in 1801 and 404 in 1901.[a] Its largest localities are Wrafton and Chivenor. The surrounding area is also an electoral ward with a total population at the 2011 census of 2,673.[3]
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