Dartington
Appearance
Dartington | |
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The Cott Inn, dating from 1320 | |
Population | 876 (2011 census) |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
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 |
UK Parliament | |
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 for it[3]), the Cott Inn, a public house dating from 1320, and Dartington Hall.
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
- ^ "Parish population 2011.Retrieved 19 Feb 2015".
- ^ "Ward population 2011.Retrieved 19 Feb 2015".
- ^ "Dartington Cider Press Centre". Dartington Trading Company.
- ^ "Dartington Primary School".
External links
- 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