Wolborough Explained

Official Name:Wolborough
Country:England
Region:South West England
Coordinates:50.5253°N -3.6169°W
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Static Image Caption:St Mary's church, Wolborough

Wolborough is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton Abbot, in the Teignbridge district, in the county of Devon, England. Today the village forms a southern suburb of the town of Newton Abbot.[1] [2]

The parish of Wolborough historically included the town of Newton Abbot.[3] When district councils were established in 1894, Wolborough was included in the Newton Abbot Urban District. As a parish in an urban district Wolborough was classed as an urban parish and so was not given a parish council, instead being directly administered by Newton Abbot Urban District Council. The civil parish of Wolborough was eventually abolished on 1 April 1974 when the three parishes within Newton Abbot Urban District (Wolborough, Highweek and Milber) were united as a single parish called Newton Abbot within the new Teignbridge district.[4] [5] [6] In 1951 the parish had a population of 8517.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GENUKI . Genuki: Wolborough, Devon . 2022-07-01 . www.genuki.org.uk . en.
  2. http://www.ogwol.org.uk/ Wolborough and Ogwell churches, Newton Abbot, Devon
  3. Web site: Boundary Map of Wolborough CP/AP. 4 July 2020. A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth.
  4. Web site: Devonshire (South Part): Diagram showing administrative boundaries, 1972 . National Library of Scotland . Ordnance Survey . 1 August 2023.
  5. si. The Local Government (Successor Parishes) (No. 2) Order 1973. 1973. 1939. 1 August 2023.
  6. Web site: Newton Abbot Registration District. UKBMD. 9 September 2023.
  7. Web site: Population statistics Wolborough CP/AP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 9 September 2023.

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