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Jacobstowe

Jacobstowe
St James church, Jacobstowe (geograph 3498346).jpg
St James' parish church
Jacobstowe is located in Devon
Jacobstowe
Jacobstowe
Jacobstowe shown within Devon
Population 522 (United Kingdom Census 2011]
OS grid reference SS5801
Civil parish
  • Jacobstowe
District
Shire county
Region
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
Website Exbourne with Jacobstowe
List of places
UK
England
Devon
50°47′48″N 4°00′25″W / 50.796667°N 4.006944°W / 50.796667; -4.006944Coordinates: 50°47′48″N 4°00′25″W / 50.796667°N 4.006944°W / 50.796667; -4.006944

Jacobstowe is a village and civil parish on the west bank of the River Okement, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Okehampton in the West Devon district of Devon, England.

The village is in the A3072 road that links Copplestone with Lamerton Cross, at the junction where it is joined by the B3216 road from Basset's Cross. National Cycle Route 27 and the Tarka Trail public footpath pass through the village.

The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 194.

The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of St James date from the 12th century. The building was largely rebuilt in the 15th century, and restored in 1902–03. It is a Grade II* listed building.

The west tower has a ring of five bells. The fourth bell was cast in Exeter in about 1499. The Pennington family of bellfounders of Stoke Climsland, Cornwall cast the second bell in 1781 and the tenor in 1807. Llewellins and James of Bristol cast the third bell in 1884. John Taylor & Co of Loughborough cast the treble in 1904.


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