Ugborough Explained

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Country:England
Coordinates:50.3861°N -3.8605°W
Official Name:Ugborough
Population:1,884
Population Ref:(Parish) (2011)
Civil Parish:Ugborough
Shire District:South Hams
Shire County:Devon
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:South West Devon
Post Town:IVYBRIDGE
Postcode District:PL21
Postcode Area:PL
Dial Code:01752
Os Grid Reference:SX677557

Ugborough is a village and civil parish in South Hams in the English county of Devon. It lies south of Dartmoor, 2miles 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Office for National Statistics . Ugborough Parish Local Area Report . 16 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Home page. Ugborough Parish Council. 16 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Home. Moorhaven Village website. 16 January 2021.
  4. Book: Harris, Helen. A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Halsgrove. Tiverton. 2004. 1-84114-314-6. 177.