Shobrooke
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Shobrooke is a village, parish and former manor in Devon, England. The village is situated about 1 1/2 miles north-east of Crediton. It is located close to Shobrooke park. The river Shobrooke Lake flows through the village. It had a population of 537 according to the 2011 census. The name Shobrooke is derived from the old English words of succa and brōc, and translates as goblin brook.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mid Devon
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Shobrooke
- UK place.static_image
- File:Shobrooke Church Devon - geograph.org.uk - 1577159.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Swithun's Church, Shobrooke
- UK place.population
- 537
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Shobrooke
- UK place.shire_district
- Mid Devon
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.post_town
- CREDITON
- UK place.postcode_area
- EX
- UK place.postcode_district
- EX17
- UK place.dial_code
- 01363
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SS8665401327
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 537
- Image
- Shobrooke Church Devon - geograph.org.uk - 1577159.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01363
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- Shobrooke
- postal code
- EX17
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- SS8665401327
- P8168
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Shobrooke is a village, parish and former manor in Devon, England. The village is situated about 1 1/2 miles north-east of Crediton. It is located close to Shobrooke park. The river Shobrooke Lake flows through the village. It had a population of 537 according to the 2011 census. The name Shobrooke is derived from the old English words of succa and brōc, and translates as goblin brook.
==History== Shobrooke has also been known as "Shobrook", the 1809 Ordnance Survey map refers the Parish and the village as Shobrook. Furthermore, in 1583 marriage records the village is once again referred to as Shobrook, it is not known if this was an error or the name of the village has evolved over time. The name itself has Anglo-Saxon origins, recorded in 938AD as Old English 'Sceocabroc' roughly translated as "Goblin brook" or "brook haunted by an evil spirit", this changed to Sotebroca in the Domesday book.
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