Meavy

The Meavy Oak in front of the church

Meavy is a small village, civil parish and former manor in the English county of Devon. Meavy forms part of the district of West Devon. It lies a mile or so east of Yelverton. The River Meavy runs near the village. For administrative purposes the parish is grouped with the parishes of Sheepstor and Walkhampton to form Burrator Parish Council,[1] and for electoral purposes it is grouped with the same two parishes to form Burrator Ward.[2]

In 2010, Meavy was one of the filming locations for the Steven Spielberg film War Horse.

  1. ^ "Burrator Parish Council". Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 2473". HMSO. Retrieved 5 July 2010.