Staverton, Devon

Staverton
Staverton parish churchyard
Staverton Staverton shown within Devon
Population	717 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SX7963
Civil parish	Staverton
District	South Hams
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TOTNES
Postcode district	TQ9
Dialling code	01803
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Totnes
List of places UK England Devon

Coordinates: 50°28′00″N 3°42′00″W / 50.4667°N 3.7°W / 50.4667; -3.7

Staverton is a village and civil parish in the South Hams of Devon, England consisting of 297 households and a population of 717 (total parish).^[1]

There is one pub, The Sea Trout, which is in the centre of the village. The village also has a public phone box, multiple notice boards and two post boxes.

Parish church

Staverton's Church of England parish church of St Paul de Leon is mostly early 14th century. It has a nave and north and south aisles and a thin west tower. The medieval windows have been replaced by ones of a later period. Features of interest include the rood screen (much restored), the 18th-century pulpit, and a monument to the family of Worth, 1629.^[2]

Transport

There are two stops of the South Devon Railway Trust within the village boundary: Staverton railway station and Nappers Halt. Staverton railway station is next to Staverton Bridge, which crosses the River Dart and was probably built around 1413. It is considered to be one of the best examples of medieval bridges surviving in Devon. "Seven obtusely pointed arches; one of the oldest Devon bridges".^[3] The bridge's name was adopted for the folk group formed in the 1970s by Sam Richards, Tish Stubbs and Paul Wilson.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : South Hams Retrieved 27 January 2010
↑ Pevsner 1952, p. 269.
↑ Pevsner 1952, p. 270.
↑ "FTX-144 FOLK AT FOXHOLE Richards, Wilson & Stubbs". folktrax-archive.org. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
↑ "Paul Wilson: Biography". DevonTradition.org. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
↑ Staverton Bridge – Staverton Bridge (1975). Saydisc SDL 266 Track listing at AllMusic

Hoskins, W. G. (1954). Devon. A New Survey of England. London: Collins.
Pevsner, Nikolaus (1952). South Devon. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.

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Civil parishes	Ashprington Aveton Gifford Berry Pomeroy Bickleigh Bigbury Blackawton Brixton Buckland Tout Saints Charleton Chivelstone Churchstow Cornwood Cornworthy Dartington Dartmouth Dean Prior Diptford Dittisham East Allington East Portlemouth Ermington Frogmore and Sherford Halwell and Moreleigh Harberton Harford Holbeton Holne Ivybridge Kingsbridge Kingston Kingswear Littlehempston Loddiswell Malborough Marldon Modbury Newton and Noss North Huish Rattery Ringmore Salcombe Shaugh Prior Slapton South Brent South Huish South Milton South Pool Sparkwell Staverton Stoke Fleming Stoke Gabriel Stokenham Strete Thurlestone Totnes Ugborough Wembury West Alvington West Buckfastleigh Woodleigh Yealmpton

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