Dunchideock
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Dunchideock ( , ) is a small civil parish on the north eastern slopes of the Haldon Hills in Teignbridge, Devon, England. It covers an area of and lies about south-west of Exeter and north-east of Bovey Tracey. The parish, with a population of 262 in 2001, lacks a compact village, but consists of scattered dwellings. It is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Holcombe Burnell, Ide, Shillingford St. George, Kenn, and Doddiscombsleigh.
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- Locality
- Teignbridge
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image
- View over Dunchideock.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 300px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- A view over part of Dunchideock.The church is on the right with Dunchideock farm in front. Haldon Belvedere is on the skyline to the left.
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.shire_district
- Teignbridge
- UK place.official_name
- Dunchideock
- UK place.population
- 262
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001 UK Census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX8887
- UK place.post_town
- EXETER
- UK place.postcode_area
- EX
- UK place.postcode_district
- EX2, EX6
- UK place.dial_code
- 01626
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Teignbridge
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 285
- Image
- View over Dunchideock.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dunchideock
- OS grid reference
- SX8887
- postal code
- EX6
- P8168
- Sainte-Radegonde
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- Etymology
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Dunchideock ( , ) is a small civil parish on the north eastern slopes of the Haldon Hills in Teignbridge, Devon, England. It covers an area of and lies about south-west of Exeter and north-east of Bovey Tracey. The parish, with a population of 262 in 2001, lacks a compact village, but consists of scattered dwellings. It is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Holcombe Burnell, Ide, Shillingford St. George, Kenn, and Doddiscombsleigh.
==Etymology== The name Dunchideock originates in the Common Brittonic language. First attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Donsedoc, the first part of the name derives from the word whose modern Welsh form is ("fort"), while the second part is the adjective found in modern Welsh as ("wooded"). The form of the Dun-element later changed by association with the Old English word ("hill"). According to W. G. Hoskins, the place-name originally referred to the nearby Iron Age hill fort of Cotley Castle.
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