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Petrockstowe
Petrockstowe shown within Devon |
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| OS grid reference | SS513091 |
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| District | Torridge |
| Shire county | Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OKEHAMPTON |
| Postcode district | EX20 |
| Dialling code | 01837 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Torridge and West Devon |
| List of places: UK • England • Devon | |
First mentioned in the Domesday Book[1] Petrockstowe is a small village in the Devon district of Torridge in Northern Devon. It is near the end of the Tarka Trail. Its population has fluctuated between 400 and 600.[2] Petrockstow railway station carried passengers between 1922 and 1965, the village also had a school and a tannery.[3]
There is ongoing debate as to whether the name of the village is Petrockstowe or Petrockstow, with two of the signs entering the village reading Petrockstowe and two reading Petrockstow.
The Baxter Hall is the name of the village hall, which is situated at the centre of the village along with The Laurels public house.
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Petrockstowe Petrockstowe] at Wikimedia Commons
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