Halwell and Moreleigh

The Old Inn at Halwell.

The village of Morleigh.

Halwell and Moreleigh is a civil parish in Devon, England. It comprises the villages of Halwell and Morleigh.

History

The ancient borough of Halwell was one of Devon's four borough, but moved to Totnes in the 10th century after its significance greatly decreased. It once had its own mint.

Moreleigh was first recorded in the Domesday Book in 1081 when Alfred the Breton held Morlei manor. In the 13th century the ancient division of the County of Devon, the Stanborough Hundred, had its courthouse above the New Inn. The Church of All Saints in Moreleigh dates back to 1239.

The Iron Age fort of Halwell Camp lies to the south of the village of Halwell.^[1]

Description

Halwell and Moreleigh comprises the villages of Halwell and Morleigh (also spelled Moreleigh), approximately ½ mile apart. The parish has approximately 650 residents.^[2]

Location

Halwell and Moreleigh is situated in the South Hams local government district in Devon, England. It lies 5 miles (8 km) south of Totnes, 6 miles (11 km) west of Dartmouth and 5 miles north of Kingsbridge.^[2]

Halwell and Moreleigh is surrounded, starting north and following the clock, by the parishes of Harberton, Ashprington, Cornworthy, Blackawton, East Allington, Woodleigh and Diptford.^[3]

Notes

↑ http://www.halwellmoreleigh.co.uk/page27.html. "Village history". Halwell and Moreleigh Community website. Retrieved 12 - 5 - 2014.
1 2 http://www.halwellmoreleigh.co.uk/. "Welcome to the Halwell & Moreleigh Community Web Site, the friendly villages of the South Hams." Halwell & Moreleigh Community Web Site. Retrieved 12 - 5 - 2014.
↑ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Retrieved 2014-05-11.

Non-metropolitan district of South Hams

List of civil parishes in Devon#South Hams

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

Bold text denotes a parish council referred to as a "town council" i.e. towns.

Coordinates: 50°22′N 3°43′W / 50.37°N 3.71°W / 50.37; -3.71

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