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Village of the Year 2002 Moretonhampstead is an ancient market town situated on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon. It sits in the shelter of hills on three sides and the beautiful Wray valley on the fourth. Dartmoor is only 4 miles away and no matter which road you take you cannot fail to be impressed by the breathtaking views. The town is about 15 miles from Exeter, Newton Abbot, Okehampton and Princetown and is a perfect place from which to visit the moors, the Devon countryside and the seaside.
It began
as a small Saxon settlement around A.D. 700 and the name is derived from the
original Saxon Mortun meaning an enclosed piece of land near the
moor. The addition of Hampstead came from one of the many Lords of
the Manor much later on.
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