Huntshaw | |
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![]() St Mary Magdalene's Church | |
Location within
Devon | |
Population | 134 ( 2011 UK Census) [1] |
OS grid reference | SS 50551 22859 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Torrington |
Postcode district | EX38 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
Huntshaw is a village and civil parish located 2.5 north north east of Great Torrington, [2] in the Torridge district, in the county of Devon, England.
In 2011 the population of the civil parish of Huntshaw was 134, [1] although it was 143 in 1901 and 212 in 1801, Huntshaw was in the Fremington hundred. [3]
The parish church of St Mary Magdalene [4] is Grade II* Listed. [5] There is a mast in Huntshaw called Huntshaw Cross transmitting station.
Other features in Huntshaw include Huntshaw Barton, [6] Berry Castle [7] and Huntshaw Mill Bridge which is Grade II listed, although some of it is in Weare Giffard CP. [8]
The name "Huntshaw" means 'Hun's wood' or 'honey wood', [9] possibly because of the sweetness of the water or swarms of bees in the nearby woods. [10] Huntshaw was recorded in the Domesday Book as Huneseue. [11] [12]