Stokeinteignhead
| Stokeinteignhead | |
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 The village centre |
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| Stokeinteignhead shown within Devon | |
| Population | 707 (2001 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SX916706 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Newton Abbot |
| Postcode district | TQ12 |
| Dialling code | 01626 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Stokeinteignhead (/ˈstoʊkˌɪnˈteɪnˌhɛd/) is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England above the southern bank of the estuary of the River Teign. The parish has a short boundary on the estuary, and is otherwise surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Shaldon, Torbay (a unitary authority), Coffinswell and Haccombe with Combe. It is twinned with the French commune of Trévières, Calvados.
Despite its closeness to the river Teign, the name Stokeinteignhead is not derived from it: in the Domesday Book the district contained thirteen manors which totalled an area of ten hides and the whole area was known as the "Ten Hide". This was later corrupted to Teignhead through the influence of the river name. The name of the nearby village of Combeinteignhead has a similar derivation.
Most of the village forms a conservation area and there are over fifty listed buildings nearby.
The mascot of Stokeinteignhead, appearing on the village signs, is the cirl bunting.
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