Hexworthy

Hamlet in Devon, England

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50°32′17″N 3°53′56″W / 50.538°N 3.899°W / 50.538; -3.899
The bridge across the West Dart at Hexworthy.

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

  1. ^ Mawer, A., Gover, J.E.B. and Stenton, F.M. Place-Names of Devon p.194
  2. ^ "Lydford in White's Devonshire Directory (1850) on Genuki". Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  3. ^ Forest Inn website
  4. ^ St. Raphael's Church website
  5. ^ Newman, P. (1996) Recording the Tinworks of Dartmoor Forest

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