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Buckfast, Devon

Buckfast is a village lying on the River Dart in southern Devon. Buckfast Abbey was founded in 1018 and dissolved in 1539. In 1882, French Benedictine monks acquired the ruins and rebuilt the abbey, completing the new church in 1938. The village is within the council area of Teignbridge (Devon).

Place Type: Village
Historic County: Devon
Lat, Long: 50.491737,-3.776542
Grid Reference: SX 7408 6727
Civil Parish: Ashburton CP
Council Area: Teignbridge CA (Devon CA)
Strategic Authority Area: Devon and Torbay SA
Police Area: Devon and Cornwall PA

GBPN ID: 6639
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Buckfast,_Devon_6639

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