Hexworthy
| Hexworthy | ||
|---|---|---|
Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall | |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset | |
| Ambulance | South Western | |
Hexworthy /ˈhæksəri/[1] is a hamlet on Dartmoor, in Devon, England. It lies on the West Dart River a mile upstream from Dartmeet. Historically in the parish of Lydford,[2] since 1987 it has been in the civil parish of Dartmoor Forest.
Hexworthy has an inn, the Forest Inn, opened in the 1850s.[3]
Very close to the village, on the opposite bank of the West Dart, is the hamlet of Huccaby, which has a parish church with an unusual dedication to St Raphael.[4]
There was a long history of
tin mining near Hexworthy. Tin works in the valley of the O Brook were first recorded in 1240, and the Henroost or Hexworthy Mine did not close until 1919.[5]
References
- ^ Mawer, A., Gover, J.E.B. and Stenton, F.M. Place-Names of Devon p.194
- ^ Lydford in White's Devonshire Directory (1850) on Genuki
- ^ Forest Inn website
- ^ St. Raphael's Church website
- ^ Newman, P. (1996) Recording the Tinworks of Dartmoor Forest
External links
Media related to Hexworthy at Wikimedia Commons