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Village and civil parish in Devon, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bickington is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England, on the east edge of the Dartmoor National Park. At the 2001 census it had a population of 311. The village is about five miles west of Newton Abbot, on the River Lemon. The church is 15th century; its lychgate has a room over it.
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Bickington Methodist church | |
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Population | 311 (2001 census) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
The village appeared on the BBC's Countryfile programme in November 2017, where its apparent decline was the subject of the feature. Local media[1] expanded on the BBC feature.
A book about Bickington, The Book of Bickington, was published in 2000.[2]
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