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Population
  
828

Civil parish
  
Chardstock

Country
  
England

Shire county
  
Devon

District
  
East Devon

UK parliament constituency
  
East Devon

OS grid reference
  
ST309045

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Friday 4:39 AM

Dialling code
  
01460

Chardstock

Weather
  
8°C, Wind SE at 23 km/h, 90% Humidity

Bell ringing at chardstock church 2015


Chardstock is a village and civil parish located on the eastern border of Devon, England off the A358 road between Chard and Axminster. The parish population at the 2011 Census was 828. The parish also contains the hamlets of Bewley Down, Birchill, Burridge, Holy City and Tytherleigh.

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Map of Chardstock, Axminster, UK

The parish is a major part of the electoral ward of Yarty. The ward population at the above census was 2,361.

The parish was in Dorset until 1896. Historically it formed part of Beaminster Forum and Redhone Hundred.

The attractive village is surrounded by farmland and woodland and is within the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The River Kit runs through the village. The village church dates from the 19th Century. The village also has a post office and pub.

The collection of work by Artist Kenneth Butler Evans, cousin of poet William Butler Yeats, is based in the village at the home of his widow, sculptor Ann Ford.

Bell ringing practice in chardstock


References

Chardstock Wikipedia