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Coordinates: 50°51′42″N 4°06′48″W / 50.8617, -4.1132

Petrockstowe
Petrockstowe shown within Devon
OS grid reference	SS5109
District	Torridge
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OKEHAMPTON
Postcode district	EX20
Dialling code	01837
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
European Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Torridge and West Devon
List of places: UK • England • Devon

First mentioned in the Domesday Book¹Petrockstowe is a small village in North Devon at the end of the Tarka trail. Its population has fluctuated between 400 and 600². At one time it had a railway station (Petrockstowe railway station)³, a school and a tannery.

Parish Church

Cott Lane

External links

• Map sources for Petrockstowe

References

1. ^ Domesday On-line
2. ^ History of Village
3. ^ Village Web-site

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