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Dunsford

Village in Devon, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Dunsford
static_image_name	Teign at Dunsford.png
static_image_caption	The river Teign, as it passes through Dunsford Nature Reserve
population	688
population_ref	https://web.archive.org/web/20081011093543/http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/111875/1.html
civil_parish	Dunsford
shire_district	Teignbridge
shire_county	Devon
region	South West England
constituency_westminster	Central Devon
post_town	EXETER
postcode_district	EX6
postcode_area	EX
os_grid_reference	SX813892

Dunsford is a village in Devon, England; it is located just inside the Dartmoor National Park. The hamlet of Butts is sited about one mile to the west; it generally considered to be part of the village, as is Reedy, which is a similar distance to the east.

History

The place name is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Dunesforda, meaning 'Dunn's ford'.

The village has a number of traditional thatched cottages; a primary school which has a swimming pool, climbing wall and sports field; one village shop and post office; a tea room and a public house. St Mary's Church, built between 1420 and 1455, is located in the village centre.

Dunsford Halt was a station on the Teign Valley Line from to Heathfield station that served the village from 1928 to 1958.

Great Fulford House lies to the west of Dunsford; a Domesday manor which has been the home of the Fulford family since at least 1190. The present house was mainly built in the early 16th century and is a semi-fortified mansion house built round a central courtyard. It was the backdrop to the 2014 reality-television programme, Life Is Toff.

Geography

Dunsford Woods nature reserve is nearby, which is managed by Devon Wildlife Trust; it consists of 57 hectares of river valley woodland, heath-covered rocky slopes and fertile flood-plain scrub and grassland. It is known especially for its wild daffodils and six species of fritillary butterfly.

Events

Dunsford holds a village show at the beginning of July every year. Dunsford Amateur Dramatic Society (DADS) produces a pantomime in the village hall in early January. The villagers also hold an annual fancy dress pancake race in the streets.

Twin towns – sister cities

Dunsford along with Doddiscombsleigh is twinned with:

FRA Fresney-le-Puceux, Boulon & Saint-Laurent-de-Condel, France, United Kingdom

References

[[Eilert Ekwall]], ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.154.
St Mary's Church guidebook, April 1992
(17 May 2017). "Station name: Dunsford Halt".
link. (24 December 2012)
(6 March 2023). "Boulon. Jean-Pierre Béchade quitte la présidence du comité de jumelage entre forêts". Ouest-France.

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