| Highweek | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church, Highweek | |
  Highweek Location within Devon | |
| OS grid reference | SX846720 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWTON ABBOT |
| Postcode district | TQ12 |
| Dialling code | 01626 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Highweek (anciently called Teignwick (alias Teyngewike, Tingwike,[1] Teyngewyk, etc.)), less commonly called Highweek Village is an ecclesiastical parish,[2] former manor and village, now a suburb of Newton Abbot, but still retaining its village identity,[3] in the civil parish of Newton Abbot, in the Teignbridge district, in the county of Devon, England. It is prominent and recognisable due to its high location on a ridge on the north western edge of the town. The area is the centre of the modern electoral ward of Bradley. That ward's population at the 2011 census was 5,043.[4]
Following the Norman Conquest of 1066 the Normans built a motte-and-bailey castle here, of which only a dyke remains (giving it the local name of "Castle Dyke"), which probably remained occupied until the mid 13th century, when the chief residence of the locality became Bradley House.[5] The mediaeval parish church, dedicated to All Saints, now a Grade I listed building, was consecrated in 1428. Until 1864 it served as a chapel of ease to the parish church of adjoining Kingsteignton[6][7] having been built after the villagers petitioned the pope for their own graveyard.
- ^ Pole, p.262
- ^ "Parish of Highweek". Diocese of Exeter. Archived from the original on 29 June 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ^ Dale, Laura (18 January 2010). "Village campaigners fight further new homes". This is South Devon. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Bradley ward 2011". Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ Pevsner, p.589
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.584
- ^ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.262: "High Wike lieth in the parish of Kingstington, but hath a chappell of ease".