River Meavy

The river Meavy is a river in the SW part of Dartmoor in Devon in south-west England. It is about 10 km or 6 miles long and flows in a generally south-westerly direction throughout its course. It rises at Meavy Head, close to Princetown, and flows across Walkhampton Common, through Norsworthy and adjacent plantations, and into Burrator Reservoir. It leaves the reservoir at the main dam, and flows past the village of Meavy before joining the River Plym at the upper end of Bickleigh Vale.

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Coordinates: 50°27′17″N 4°04′05″W / 50.4546°N 4.0681°W / 50.4546; -4.0681

Meavy

Meavy is a small village, civil parish and former manor in the English county of Devon. Meavy forms part of the district of West Devon. It lies a mile or so east of Yelverton. The River Meavy runs near the village. For administrative purposes the parish is grouped with the parishes of Sheepstor and Walkhampton to form Burrator Parish Council, and for electoral purposes it is grouped with the same two parishes to form Burrator Ward.

Buildings

The parish church of St Peter is at least partly Norman with additions of the 13th and 15th centuries. There is a reredos of 1884 by J.D. Sedding and a foliated churchyard cross. The oak tree on the village green in front of the churchyard wall is known as the Meavy Oak and was described by John Claudius Loudon in his Arboretum of 1838; the tree may be over 900 years old. Next to the church is an unremarkable manor house of the Drake family.

The Royal Oak Inn dates to the late 15th century, and is owned by the civil parish of Burrator, with the profits being used by the parish council to fund projects within the parish. Some of the seating consists of pews formerly located in the nearby church.