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Population
  
207 (2001)

Civil parish
  
Littlehempston

Country
  
England

Shire county
  
Devon

Dialling code
  
01803

OS grid reference
  
SX8162

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

District
  
South Hams

UK parliament constituency
  
Totnes

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Littlehempston is a village and civil parish in the South Hams District of Devon in England consisting of 83 households and a population of 207 (total parish).

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Map of Littlehempston, UK

The village has many old fashioned cottages and buildings. Its church is on the hill within the village and is near to where a footpath begins, taking walkers through two miles of fields and woodland to Totnes.

The village has two public houses. The Tally Ho is in the centre of the village, just below the church; and The Pig & Whistle is on the A381 road to Totnes.

There is also a public phone box and noticeboard, located next to the post box just in front of a brook which eventually leads to the River Dart.

Notable People

  • William Vallance Whiteway, QC KCMG (April 1, 1828 – June 24, 1908), politician and three time Premier of Newfoundland, was born at Buckyette in the parish.
  • Gerald Hine-Haycock, former ITN and BBC News Correspondent; HTV West and BBC West programme presenter, lives at Hempstone Park in the village, and he and his wife, Judy, provide bed-and-breakfast accommodation there.
  • Keith Law, Songwriter for Velvett Fogg, lived in the village.

    • References

    Littlehempston Wikipedia
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