Harford,_Devon

Harford, Devon

Harford, Devon

Human settlement in England

Harford is a hamlet and civil parish located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the town of Ivybridge in the county of Devon, England. The parish lies in the local government district of the South Hams, which is a localised, second-tier governmental division of the non-metropolitan county of Devon, administered by Devon County Council.

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With a parish population of just 77 people, it is the smallest civil parish in the South Hams by number of people.[1] Part of the village (now town) of Ivybridge — the district's largest civil parish with 12,056 people — used to lye in the parish boundaries of Harford, until the parish of St John's was formed in 1836 (later renamed the parish of Ivybridge in 1894).[2]

Panoramic view of parts of the Harford parish area as seen from Western Beacon, Dartmoor

References

  1. [1]
    "Parish Headcounts in South Hams". The Office for National Statistics. 1 April 2001. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Ivybridge Census statistics 1801-2001". Devon County Council. Archived from the original on 27 February 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
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