Widecombe-in-the-Moor

Widecombe-in-the-Moor /ˈwɪdɨkəm ɪn ðə ˌmʊə/ is a village and large civil parish on Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England.grid referenceSX718767 The name is thought to derive from 'Withy-combe' which means Willow Valley. According to Widecombe's official website, there are 196 households in the village, although its large and sprawling parish stretches for many miles and encompasses dozens of isolated cottages and moorland farms. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Manaton, Ilsington, Ashburton, Buckland-in-the-Moor, Holne and Dartmoor Forest.