Alfington

Village in Devon, England

Human settlement in England
  • East Devon
Shire county
  • Devon
Region
  • South West
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townOTTERY ST. MARYPostcode districtEX11Dialling code01404PoliceDevon and CornwallFireDevon and SomersetAmbulanceSouth Western UK Parliament
  • East Devon
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UK
England
Devon
50°46′N 3°16′W / 50.77°N 03.26°W / 50.77; -03.26

Alfington is a small village in East Devon, on the River Otter.[1] It is 2 miles (3 km) north-east of Ottery St Mary.

The church of St James (Church of England) was built of brick in the Early English style in 1849–52 to designs by the architect William Butterfield.[2]

References

  1. ^ "River Otter, Tipton St John, Devon" (PDF). Wild Trout Trust. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. ^ Pevsner, N. (1952) South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 37

External links

Media related to Alfington at Wikimedia Commons

  • Devon Local Studies - Alfington community page


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