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Widecombe from Widecombe Hill
Widecombe from Widecombe Hill
Late Spring Foliage and meadow
Late Spring Foliage and meadow
The Cave-Penney Memorial
The Cave-Penney Memorial
Widecombe from the East - Banner
Widecombe from the South-East
Dartmoor Pony Grazing on the Moor
Dartmoor Pony Grazing on the Moor
Widecombe Valley Looking North - DJI Camera
Widecombe Valley Looking North – DJI Camera
Hawthorn in full bloom on the Moor
Hawthorn in full bloom on the Moor
Seven Lords' Land Roundhouse
Seven Lords’ Land Roundhouse

New Website


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This new website design is quite similar to the old one but there are some important differences.

Back to Top: This is now achieved via a button that appears in the bottom right-hand corner.

Searching the site is now much easier and more comprehensive. You can use the ‘Search the Site’ box at the top of every page to search for what you want.

Parish Council Minutes and Agendas can now be found by using ‘Browse Minutes and Agendas’ from the left-hand menu (under ‘Parish Council’). As well as showing the most recent documents, this also allows you to search for what you are interest in.

The accessibility option to read the page contents out loud is now provided by the ‘Listen to this’ button on the top right-hand-side of the main text of the page.

There is also a ‘breadcrumb’ at the top of the main page content. This shows you where you are in the website page hierarchy.

The item below, which you will find on the front page, provides a random page as a suggestion of something further to explore.

  • Roll of Honour: William Norrish

    Roll of Honour: William Norrish

    WILLIAM NORRISH 1891 – 1961 William was born in Ashburton in 1891 son of Charles Norrish and Mary Irish. He had five brothers George, John, Charles, Thomas and Walter and three sisters Selina, Celia and Susan. In 1901 William was …