Thorverton

Thorverton, the junction of Silver Street and Jericho Street.

Thorverton is a civil parish and village in Devon, England, about a mile west of the River Exe and 8 miles (13 km) north of Exeter. It is almost centrally located between Exeter and the towns of Tiverton, Cullompton and Crediton, and contains the hamlets of Yellowford and Raddon. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Bickleigh, Rewe, Nether Exe, Brampford Speke, Upton Pyne, Shobrooke, Stockleigh Pomeroy and Cadbury.[1] Most of the eastern boundary of the parish is formed by the River Exe and the land rises westwards to 800 feet (240 m) at the border with Cadbury.[2]

The population of the parish was 674 as of the 2011 Census.[3] Thorverton is a major part of the Cadbury electoral ward. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 1,602.[4]

Thorverton has two churches and two public houses. The Millennium Green provides walking alongside the stream which runs through the centre of the village. The Memorial Hall provides a centre for entertainment, with a monthly Saturday Market for local produce. A local village magazine, Focus on Thorverton, is produced by volunteers.

  1. ^ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference HA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Cadbury ward population 2011". Retrieved 22 February 2015.