Coordinates: 50°32′17″N 3°53′56″W / 50.538°N 3.899°W
| Hexworthy | |
  Hexworthy
Hexworthy shown within Devon |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
| Shire county | Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Devon | |
Hexworthy (pronounced /ˈhæksəri/)[1] is a small village on Dartmoor, in Devon, England. It lies on the West Dart River a mile upstream from Dartmeet. The village was historically in the parish of Lydford,[2] but since 1987 has been in the civil parish of Dartmoor Forest.
Hexworthy has an inn, the Forest Inn, opened in the 1850s.[3]
There was a long history of tin mining near Hexworthy. Tin works in the valley of the O Brook were first recorded in 1240, and the Henroost or Hexworthy Mine did not close until 1919.[4]
Very close to the village, on the opposite bank of the West Dart, is the hamlet of Huccaby, which has a parish church with an unusual dedication to St Raphael.[5]
References
- ^ Mawer, A., Gover, J.E.B. and Stenton, F.M. Place-Names of Devon p.194
- ^ Lydford in White's Devonshire Directory (1850) on Genuki
- ^ Forest Inn website
- ^ Newman, P. (1996) Recording the Tinworks of Dartmoor Forest
- ^ St. Raphael's Church website
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