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Staverton, Devon

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OS grid reference
  
SX7963

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Population
  
805 (2011)

District
  
South Hams

UK parliament constituency
  
Totnes

Civil parish
  
Staverton

Country
  
England

Post town
  
TOTNES

Shire county
  
Devon

Dialling code
  
01803

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Staverton is a village and civil parish in the South Hams of Devon, England consisting of 297 households and a population of 717 (total parish).

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Map of Staverton, Totnes, UK

There is one pub, The Sea Trout, which is in the centre of the village. The village also has a public phone box, multiple notice boards and two post boxes.

Parish church

Staverton's Church of England parish church of St Paul de Leon is mostly early 14th century. It has a nave and north and south aisles and a thin west tower. The medieval windows have been replaced by ones of a later period. Features of interest include the rood screen (much restored), the 18th-century pulpit, and a monument to the family of Worth, 1629.

Transport

There are two stops of the South Devon Railway Trust within the village boundary: Staverton railway station and Nappers Halt. Staverton railway station is next to Staverton Bridge, which crosses the River Dart and was probably built around 1413. It is considered to be one of the best examples of medieval bridges surviving in Devon. "Seven obtusely pointed arches; one of the oldest Devon bridges". The bridge's name was adopted for the folk group formed in the 1970s by Sam Richards, Tish Stubbs and Paul Wilson.

References

Staverton, Devon Wikipedia