Witheridge is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the North Devon

North Devon

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 district of Devon

Devon

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, England. In 2001 the population of the parish was 1162. Its name is derived from the Old English for "Weather Ridge", probably as a result of its exposed location on the top of a hill, which means it and surrounding hamlets such as Nomansland generally suffer from poor weather for much of the year.

Situated almost equidistant from Dartmoor

Dartmoor

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 and Exmoor

Exmoor

Exmoor is an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England, named after the main river that flows out of the district, the River Exe. The moor has given its name to a National Park, which includes the Brendon Hills, the East Lyn Valley, the Vale of Porlock and ...

, the village has earned the nickname

Nickname

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 the Gateway to the Two Moors Way

Two Moors Way

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. Butcher FJP Maunder established his business in the village in 1879, which taken over by his son became local butchers chain Lloyd Maunder

Lloyd Maunder

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.

The village is twinned with Cambremer

Cambremer

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, France

France

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, and the two villages have annual exchange

Student exchange program

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trips (although not solely for students).

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