Horwood Lovacott and Newton Tracey
Horwood, Lovacott and Newton Tracey is a civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England. In the 2011 census it was recorded as having a population of 487. It includes the villages of Horwood and Newton Tracey and the hamlet of Lovacott.
The parish was formed as Newton Tracey in 1986 from the former civil parishes of Horwood and Newton Tracey and the Lovacott ward of Fremington parish, and adopted its current name in 1991. The neighbouring parishes are Fremington to the north; Tawstock to the east; Yarnscombe (in Torridge district) to the south east; Alverdiscott (Torridge district) to the south; Westleigh and Instow to the west.
There are 40 listed buildings in the parish. The Church of St Michael in Horwood is Grade I listed; the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury in Newton Tracey and Hoopers Cottage in Horwood (a house dated c.1600) are Grade II*, and the remaining houses, gravestones, and farm buildings are Grade II.
The two Anglican parish churches are in the Diocese of Exeter.
Horwood And Newton Tracey Community Primary School serves the area and is located at Lovacott. It was built in 1876, but there has been a school in Lovacott for two centuries. The school has about 90 pupils.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horwood,_Lovacott_and_Newton_Tracey
Horwood, Lovacott and Newton Tracey Parish Council:
http://www.horwoodlovacottandnewtontraceyparishcouncil.org.uk/
Lockdown Necessities:
Weather:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gcj435t4j (Tapeley Park)
OpenStreetMap:
Devon County Council Map Viewer
Information on Devon's environment has been mapped on our Environment Viewer. These maps give access to spatial (geographic) data for Devon on a wide range of topics.
Genuki:
GENUKI provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland. It is a non-commercial service, maintained by a charitable trust and a group of volunteers.
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Horwood
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Fremington
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/NewtonTracey
Tithe Map:
The tithe maps and apportionments are an important source of information about the history and topography of a parish. They provide details of land ownership and occupation, and the type of cultivation of the land, and are often the earliest complete maps of parishes.
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/horwood/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/fremington-2/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/newton-tracey/