Ashwater
Ashwater is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 651 that had risen to 673 by the 2011 census. It is close to the Cornish border, and is about 10 miles north of Launceston.
| Ashwater | |
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St Peter's church | |
Ashwater Location within Devon | |
| OS grid reference | SX3895 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BEAWORTHY |
| Postcode district | EX21 |
| Dialling code | 01409 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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The church is thirteenth century, with fifteenth-century windows, with an arcade that mixes the two periods. The decorated font is Norman, described by Mee as "a great treasure". The former rectory is a Grade II listed building.
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