Ugborough
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| Ugborough | |
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 Ugborough square and St Peters Church | |
  Ugborough Location within Devon | |
| Population | 1,884 (Parish) (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SX677557 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | IVYBRIDGE |
| Postcode district | PL21 |
| Dialling code | 01752 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Ugborough (/ˈʌɡbrə/) is a village and civil parish in South Hams in the English county of Devon. It lies south of Dartmoor, 2 miles (3.2 km) from the A38 road, near to the town of Ivybridge.
The parish, which had a population of 1,884 in 2011,[1] includes a number of settlements other than the village such as Bittaford, Wrangaton (which once had a railway station), Cheston, and Moorhaven Village.[2][3] To the southeast of Ugborough, still within the parish, is Fowlescombe Manor.
The bulk of the village encircles a village square on the south side of which is the large parish church dedicated to St Peter, with a history going back to 1121, when it was part of Plympton Convent.[4]
Modern day Ugborough has a small junior school and pre-school, a village hall. It holds a fair every year in July, with traditional games and stalls. A public bus service runs through Ugborough, as does a bus to the local secondary school at Ivybridge. The village has had a football team for many years which hosts three teams spanning ages from under-10s to under-16s. The under-16s finished third in the Pioneer Youth League in 2019. In the village hall, which doubles as a pre-school, various entertainments are held, mainly in the summer months, ranging from live music to themed evenings. More recently a Youth Group has been set up, catering to many of the village's children.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ugborough Parish Local Area Report". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "Home page". Ugborough Parish Council. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "Home". Moorhaven Village website. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 177. ISBN 1-84114-314-6.
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