Wolborough

Wolborough
St Mary's church, Wolborough
Wolborough Location within Devon
Civil parish	Newton Abbot
District	Teignbridge
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom

Wolborough is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton Abbot, in the Teignbridge district, in the county of Devon, England. Today the village forms a southern suburb of the town of Newton Abbot.^[1][2]

The parish of Wolborough historically included the town of Newton Abbot.^[3] When district councils were established in 1894, Wolborough was included in the Newton Abbot Urban District. As a parish in an urban district Wolborough was classed as an urban parish and so was not given a parish council, instead being directly administered by Newton Abbot Urban District Council. The civil parish of Wolborough was eventually abolished on 1 April 1974 when the three parishes within Newton Abbot Urban District (Wolborough, Highweek and Milber) were united as a single parish called Newton Abbot within the new Teignbridge district.^[4][5][6] In 1951 the parish had a population of 8517.^[7]

References

1. GENUKI. "Genuki: Wolborough, Devon". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
2. Wolborough and Ogwell churches, Newton Abbot, Devon ^{[dead link‍]} Archived
3. "Boundary Map of Wolborough CP/AP". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
4. "Devonshire (South Part): Diagram showing administrative boundaries, 1972". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
5. "The Local Government (Successor Parishes) (No. 2) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/1939, retrieved 1 August 2023
6. "Newton Abbot Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
7. "Population statistics Wolborough CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 September 2023.