Woolfardisworthy, Mid Devon

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Woolfardisworthy
Devon
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Glebe Cottage, Woolfardisworthy
Location
Grid reference: SS828087
Location: 50°51’58"N, 3°39’57"W
Data
Postcode: EX17
Local Government
Council: Mid Devon

Woolfardisworthy (pronounced "Woolfarsworthy") is a village in the very centre of Devon, about five and a half miles north of Crediton.

According to place-name authorities, the origin of the name is probably 'Wulfheard's homestead'.[1]

The parish also contains the village of Black Dog.

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References

  1. Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. ISBN 0198691033