Lewtrenchard | |
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Location within Devon | |
Population | (2001 UK Census) |
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Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Okehampton |
Postcode district | EX20 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
Lewtrenchard is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. Most of the larger village of Lewdown is in the parish. In the Domesday Book of 1086, a manor of Lew is recorded in this area and two rivers have the same name: see River Lew. Trenchard comes from the lords of the manor in the 13th century.