Woolfardisworthy is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in Mid Devon

Mid Devon

Mid Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Tiverton.The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Tiverton and Crediton urban district together with Tiverton Rural District, and Crediton Rural...

. It is situated about 9km north of Crediton

Crediton

Crediton is a town and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon in England. It stands on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the junction with the A3072 road to Tiverton, about north west of Exeter. It has a population of 6,837...

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According to the Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names (Eilert Ekwall, 4th ed., 1960), the origin of the name is probably 'Wulfheard's homestead'. The element 'worthy' is from Old English worþig, one of several words for a homestead or small settlement found in English place names.

The civil parish also contains the village of Black Dog

Black Dog, Devon

Black Dog is a village in Mid Devon, ten miles west of Tiverton and six miles north of Crediton.The village is on one of the highest ridges of land between Dartmoor and Exmoor, at an altitude of 200m. It enjoys views to both moors, but particularly of Dartmoor from the pub, the Black Dog Inn, a...

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