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Woolfardisworthy, Mid Devon

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Village and civil parish in Mid Devon, Devon, England For the larger village in North Devon, see Woolfardisworthy, Torridge.

50°51′54″N 3°40′0″W / 50.86500°N 3.66667°W / 50.86500; -3.66667

St Mary's Church, Woolfardisworthy

Woolfardisworthy (/wʊlˈfɑːrdɪswɜːrði/ wuul-FAR-diss-wur-dhee) is a village and civil parish in Mid Devon, situated about 5 miles (9 km) north of Crediton. The name derives from Old English and means "Wulfheard's enclosure". The civil parish also contains the village of Black Dog.

References

  1. Pointon, Graham, ed. (1990). BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 264. ISBN 0-19-282745-6.
  2. Ekwall, Eilert (1947). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (3rd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 507.

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