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Population
  
689

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Shire county
  
Devon

Dialling code
  
01409

OS grid reference
  
SS313028

Country
  
England

Police
  
Devon and Cornwall

District
  
Torridge

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Pyworthy is a village and civil parish in the far west of Devon, England. It forms part of the local government district of Torridge. The parish lies to the west of the town of Holsworthy. It is surrounded clockwise from the north-west by the parishes of Bridgerule, a small part of Pancrasweek, Holsworthy Hamlets and Holsworthy, and Clawton. Its western border follows the River Tamar which forms the county boundary with Cornwall. In 2001 its population was 689, up from 429 in 1901.

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St. Swithin's Church

There is a 13th-century church dedicated to Saint Swithin in Pyworthy, and it is one of the few old Devon churches having a clerestory, the others being North Molton, South Molton, Cullompton, Tiverton and Poltimore.

Notable residents

John Nettles (actor)

References

Pyworthy Wikipedia