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'''Lamerton''' is a small village in [[Devon]], in the very west of the county, 3 miles northwest of [[Tavistock]] in [[Devon]].
'''Lamerton''' is a small village in [[Devon]], in the very west of the county, three miles north-west of [[Tavistock]].


There is a church, St Peter, a pub, The Blacksmith's Arms, and a string of houses, the whole surrounded by farmland and pasture.  Lamerton is split into two barely separated areas; Lamerton itself in a knot around the church, the school and the manor house, and Lamerton Green, where stands the pub, along the road from Tavistock to Launceton.
There is a church, dedicated to St Peter, a pub, The Blacksmith's Arms, and a string of houses, the whole surrounded by farmland and pasture.  


Associated with the church is the village school, Lamerton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School.
Lamerton is split into two barely separated areas; Lamerton itself, or 'Lamerton Village', tumbles up and down the sides of the valley of the little [[River Lumburn]], in a knot around the church, the school and the manor house.  Lamerton Green, where stands the pub, is strung along the road from Tavistock to [[Launceston]].  The top of the village is known as Hilltown.
 
Close by the parish church is a thirteenth-century Priest's House, restored in 1934.  Associated with the church is the village school, Lamerton [[Church of England]] Voluntary Controlled Primary School.


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Latest revision as of 22:31, 6 April 2019

Lamerton
Devon

Lamerton
Location
Grid reference: SX456755
Location: 50°33’32"N, 4°10’51"W
Data
Postcode: PL19
Local Government
Council: West Devon
Parliamentary
constituency:
Toridge and West Devon

Lamerton is a small village in Devon, in the very west of the county, three miles north-west of Tavistock.

There is a church, dedicated to St Peter, a pub, The Blacksmith's Arms, and a string of houses, the whole surrounded by farmland and pasture.

Lamerton is split into two barely separated areas; Lamerton itself, or 'Lamerton Village', tumbles up and down the sides of the valley of the little River Lumburn, in a knot around the church, the school and the manor house. Lamerton Green, where stands the pub, is strung along the road from Tavistock to Launceston. The top of the village is known as Hilltown.

Close by the parish church is a thirteenth-century Priest's House, restored in 1934. Associated with the church is the village school, Lamerton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School.

References

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