Ipplepen

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title: "Ipplepen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-devon", "archaeological-sites-in-devon", "augustinian-monasteries-in-england", "populated-places-in-devon"] description: "Village in Devon, England" topic_path: "philosophy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipplepen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Devon, England ::

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Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Ipplepen
static_image	St Andrew, Ipplepen - geograph.org.uk - 2001326.jpg
static_image_caption	St Andrew's Parish Church, which is a Grade I listed building
static_image_width	200px
population	2522
coordinates
shire_district	Teignbridge
shire_county	Devon
region	South West England
post_town	NEWTON ABBOT
postcode_area	TQ
postcode_district	TQ12
dial_code	01803
os_grid_reference	SX8353766776
map_type	Devon
constituency_westminster	Newton Abbot
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| country = England | official_name = Ipplepen | static_image = St Andrew, Ipplepen - geograph.org.uk - 2001326.jpg | static_image_caption = St Andrew's Parish Church, which is a Grade I listed building | static_image_width = 200px | population = 2522 | coordinates = | shire_district = Teignbridge | shire_county = Devon | region = South West England | post_town = NEWTON ABBOT | postcode_area = TQ | postcode_district = TQ12 | dial_code = 01803 | os_grid_reference = SX8353766776 | map_type = Devon | constituency_westminster = Newton Abbot

Ipplepen is a village and civil parish located within the Teignbridge district of the county of Devon in south-west England. It is the site of Ipplepen Priory and there is an electoral ward with the same name. The population of Ipplepen village and Ipplepen civil parish at the 2021 census was 2,149 and 2,522 respectively.

Location

Ipplepen is situated about 6 km to the southwest of the market town of Newton Abbot, 9 km from the southern edge of Dartmoor and about 11 km to the northwest of Torquay. Other nearby villages include Torbryan, Broadhempston, Denbury, Marldon and Abbotskerswell.

Amenities

Ipplepen now has only one public house, the Wellington, situated close to the heart of the village on the main road. The Plough Inn, adjacent to the Conservative Club, closed in January 2009 and was then put up for sale. The village has a primary school, park, bowling club, village hall, post office, general store, two churches and a medical centre. The local football club features two senior sides and seven youth teams. The village library closed temporarily in 2008, while a new library building was being built.

The main transport link is the A381 road to Newton Abbot and Totnes. The South Devon Main Line passes nearby and the incline at Dainton Bank is an established location for trainspotting, but there is no local rail connection. At one time, Stoneycombe Quarry had a siding here, but now stone is taken out by road.

Population

The population of Ipplepen during 1801 and 1901 was 821 and 813 respectively. By the time of the 1991 Census in the United Kingdom, the population of "Ipplepen with Torbryan" had increased to 2446. The average age was 42 years and 68.9% were reported as being in "good health".

Archaeology

Archaeological excavations in Ipplepen have found Roman coins, a portion of a Roman road, a Roman-era butcher's shop and various broken ceramics of Mediterranean and Gallic origin, which once contained wine, olive oil and garum (fish sauce). During 2015, an important Roman cemetery was uncovered by a team from the University of Exeter. Tests on one skeleton revealed that activity continued at the site for 350 years after the end of the Roman occupation of Britain (c. 410 AD). Archaeologists said that "the discoveries were both nationally and regionally important." The site was originally discovered by metal detectorists.

Notable residents

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Notable residents of the past and present include:

• Rev John Hewett (1830–1911), was a formal rural dean of Ipplepen.
• Sir William Robert Patrick Knox-Johnston (born 1939) is a British sailor. In 1969, he became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe.
• Sir Alfred Langler (1865–1928), journalist and editor.
• Jon Lee (born 1982), actor and former vocalist with pop group S Club, lived in Ipplepen from age 7.
• Bertram Fletcher Robinson (1870–1907), journalist, sportsman, editor & author. He is buried within the graveyard of St Andrew's Parish Church next to his parents.
• David St John Thomas (1929–2014), writer and publisher, first ran the publishing house of David & Charles from his house at Ipplepen, before moving to Newton Abbot railway station.
• William John Wills (1834–1861), explorer of Australia, died in the Burke and Wills expedition.

Twin towns – sister cities

Since 1986, Ipplepen has been twinned with:

• FRA Soliers, France.

References

References

1. "Church of St Andrew, Ipplepen, Devon".
2. [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/devon/E63006888__ipplepen/ City Population. Retrieved 8 December 2024.]
3. [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/teignbridge/E04003215__ipplepen/ City Population. Retrieved 8 December 2024.]
4. "Ipplepen Bowling Club Official Club Website".
5. "Ipplepen Athletic Football Club Official Club Website".
6. "Village library battle moves to next stage". Torquay Herald Express.
7. Specifically, the archaeologists found [[Samian ware]].
8. "Ipplepen: New Discoveries on the Edge of the Roman Empire". Torquay Museum.
9. "Ipplepen Iron Age Settlement – Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Devon". The Megalithic Portal.
10. (20 June 2017). "Roman oil and wine pottery found at Ipplepen dig site". BBC News.
11. Morris, Stephen. (16 September 2019). "New finds beef up case for redrawing map of Roman empire". The Guardian.
12. (9 February 2015). "Roman cemetery: Fifteen skeletons found at Ipplepen dig". BBC News.
13. Jessica E. Saraceni. (10 February 2015). "Roman Roadside Cemetery Unearthed at Ipplepen – Archaeology Magazine".
14. (1954). "Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900". Cambridge University Press.
15. (4 May 2007). "Sailing legend crosses the line".
16. "Biography – Sir Alfred Langler – Australian Dictionary of Biography".
17. "Mr McIntyre was one of those teachers you could have a laugh with". Tes Global Ltd.
18. (13 March 2010). "True spirit of the game". Western Morning News.
19. "Publication of the Hound of the Baskervilles".
20. (25 July 2009). "Earliest Wodehouse satires discovered".
21. Brian Pugh, Paul Spiring. (September 2008). "Bertram Fletcher Robinson: A Footnote to the Hound of the Baskervilles". MX Publishing.
22. Thomas, David St John. (1981). "Good Books Come from Devon — the David & Charles twenty-first birthday book". [[David & Charles]].
23. (18 August 2019). "''September 2019 Newsletter''". Ipplepen Local History Club.
24. (25 September 2023). "France/ Soliers. The twinning committee is looking for a host family".

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