Dartington
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 The Cott Inn, dating from 1320 |
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 Dartington
Dartington shown within Devon |
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| Population | 876 (2011 census) |
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| District | South Hams |
| Shire county | Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TOTNES |
| Postcode district | TQ9 |
| Dialling code | 01803 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Totnes |
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Dartington is a village in Devon, England. Its population is 876.[1] The electoral ward of Dartington includes the surrounding area and had a population of 1,753 at the 2011 census.[2] It is located west of the River Dart, south of Dartington Hall and about two miles (3 km) from Totnes. Dartington is home to an obsolete cider press (now the centrepiece of a shopping centre named after it[3]), the Cott Inn, a public house dating from 1320, and Dartington Hall.Also visit the charming village hall which dates back to 1925 and built in recognition of the fallen local soldiers in WW1
Education
- Dartington International Summer School of music, every summer since 1953
- Dartington College of Arts, which was founded in 1961 and moved to Falmouth in 2008.
- Schumacher College
- Dartington Primary School, a state Church of England school.[4]
- Bidwell Brook School
Famous people
- David Gawen Champernowne (1912 – 2000), economist and mathematician. Dartington Hall was the family seat. He is buried in Dartington church.
References
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- The Dartington Hall Trust
- Dartington Parish Council
- Devon County Council's page on Dartington
- The Social Research Unit at Dartington
- Dartington in 1868
- Bidwell Brook School
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