Landkey
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thumb|200px|Landkey viewed from Codden Hill Landkey is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. The parish has a population of 2,302 according to the 2021 census. It is situated from the nearest town of Barnstaple. The village is a major part of the electoral ward called Landkey, Swimbridge and Taw.
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It sits within the topics Civil parishes in Devon, Former manors in Devon and North Devon.
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Place details
- Locality
- North Devon
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Landkey
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX015589
- UK place.population
- 2302
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Landkey
- UK place.shire_district
- North Devon
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Devon
- UK place.post_town
- BARNSTAPLE
- UK place.postcode_area
- EX
- UK place.postcode_district
- EX32
- UK place.static_image
- St Paul's Church, Landkey - geograph.org.uk - 618920.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Paul's Church
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- North Devon
- Population
- 1955
- Image
- Landkey as viewed from Codden Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1754397.jpg
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- Commons category
- Landkey
- OS grid reference
- SS5988131665
- P8168
- Marko Pantelić
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Origin
- St Paul's Church
- Mazzard Fruit
- Venn Quarry
- Former residents
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|200px|Landkey viewed from Codden Hill Landkey is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. The parish has a population of 2,302 according to the 2021 census. It is situated from the nearest town of Barnstaple. The village is a major part of the electoral ward called Landkey, Swimbridge and Taw.
==Origin== thumb|200px|Arms of Beaupel of Landkey and Knowstone: Gules, a chevron vair between six escallops argent It was formerly believed by certain locals that Landkey was founded by Leon Freeman in 1586 as a settlement to escape from the Spanish Armada. This supposition is now categorised as a 'mistruth legend'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Landkey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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