Wolborough
St Mary's church, Wolborough
Wolborough is located in Devon
Wolborough
Wolborough
Location within Devon
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom

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]

References

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