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Staverton, Devon

Staverton
Staverton churchyard - geograph.org.uk - 1320486.jpg
Staverton parish churchyard
Staverton is located in Devon
Staverton
Staverton
Staverton shown within Devon
Population 717 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference SX7963
Civil parish
  • Staverton
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TOTNES
Postcode district TQ9
Dialling code 01803
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament
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DevonCoordinates: 50°28′00″N 3°42′00″W / 50.4667°N 3.7°W / 50.4667; -3.7

Staverton is a village and civil parish in the South Hams of Devon, England consisting of 297 households and a population of 717 (total parish).

There is one pub, The Sea Trout, which is in the centre of the village. The village also has a public phone box, multiple notice boards and two post boxes.

Staverton's Church of England parish church of St Paul de Leon is mostly early 14th century. It has a nave and north and south aisles and a thin west tower. The medieval windows have been replaced by ones of a later period. Features of interest include the rood screen (much restored), the 18th-century pulpit, and a monument to the family of Worth, 1629.

There are two stops of the South Devon Railway Trust within the village boundary: Staverton railway station and Nappers Halt. Staverton railway station is next to Staverton Bridge, which crosses the River Dart and was probably built around 1413. It is considered to be one of the best examples of medieval bridges surviving in Devon. "Seven obtusely pointed arches; one of the oldest Devon bridges". The bridge's name was adopted for the folk group formed in the 1970s by Sam Richards, Tish Stubbs and Paul Wilson.


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