Marwood
Marwood is a village in North Devon 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Barnstaple. The village contains 20 acres (81,000 m2) of ornamental gardens open to the public, known as Marwood Hill Gardens. The gardens were developed by Dr Jimmy Smart, who died in 2002. There is a tea-room.
An electoral ward with the same name exists whose population at the 2011 census was 1,879.
On an island in the middle lake at Marwood Hill Gardens is a sculpture of a mother and children by John Robinson, who also sculpted the font-cover in the 13th-century church at Marwood. A bronze sculpture of two swans arising from the lower lake was created by Jonathan Cox.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marwood,_Devon
Marwood Parish Council:
https://www.marwoodmatters.com/marwood-parish-council/
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OpenStreetMap:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Marwood#map=14/51.1190/-4.0789
Devon County Council Map Viewer
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Genuki:
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https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Marwood
Tithe Map:
The tithe maps and apportionments are an important source of information about the history and topography of a parish. They provide details of land ownership and occupation, and the type of cultivation of the land, and are often the earliest complete maps of parishes.
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/marwood/
