Dulverton

Also known as Dulverton, Somerset

Dulverton is a town and civil parish in west Somerset, England, near the border with Devon. The town had a population of 1,408 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the hamlets of Battleton and Ashwick which is located approximately north west of Dulverton.

Key facts

UK place.official_name: Dulverton
UK place.static_image_name: Dulverton church.jpg
UK place.static_image_alt: Stone building with arched windows and square tower seen at the end of a narrow lane with white painted houses on the right and a wall on the left
UK place.static_image_caption: Church of All Saints
UK place.population: 1,408
UK place.population_ref: (2011)
UK place.os_grid_reference: SS9128
UK place.civil_parish: Dulverton
UK place.unitary_england: Somerset Council
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Somerset
UK place.region: South West England
UK place.country: England
UK place.post_town: DULVERTON
UK place.postcode_area: TA
UK place.postcode_district: TA22
UK place.dial_code: 01398
UK place.constituency_westminster: Tiverton and Minehead

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Wikidata facts

Population: 1408
Official website: www.dulvertontowncouncil.co.uk
Image: Dulverton church.jpg
Dialing code: 01398

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postal code: TA22
OS grid reference: SS914278
Commons category: Dulverton
P12749: Karen Hagemann

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Toponymy
History
Governance
Geography
Climate
Transport
Religious sites
Cultural references
Notable Dulvertonians
References
External links

To the west of the hamlet lies Ashwick House, built in the Edwardian style in 1901. Also nearby is the estate of Northmoor, formerly a seat of Sir Frederick Wills, 1st Baronet of Northmoor, one of the four Wills Baronetcys, and the founders of the Imperial Tobacco Company. In 1929 Sir Frederick's son & heir, Sir Gilbert Wills, 2nd Baronet, was raised to the peerage as Baron Dulverton, whose principal seat was at Batsford Park, near Batsford, Gloucestershire.