Dunchideock
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| Dunchideock | |
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 A view over part of Dunchideock. The church is on the right with Dunchideock farm in front. Haldon Belvedere is on the skyline to the left. | |
  Dunchideock Location within Devon | |
| Population | 262 (2001 UK Census) |
| OS grid reference | SX8887 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | EXETER |
| Postcode district | EX2, EX6 |
| Dialling code | 01626 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Dunchideock (/ˈdʌntʃɪdək/ DUN-chid-ək, /dʌnˈtʃɪdiək/ dun-CHID-ee-ək) is a small civil parish on the north eastern slopes of the Haldon Hills in Teignbridge, Devon, England. It covers an area of 392 hectares (970 acres)[1] and lies about 6 km (3.7 mi) south-west of Exeter and 11 km (6.8 mi) north-east of Bovey Tracey. The parish, with a population of 262 in 2001, lacks a compact village, but consists of scattered dwellings.[2] It is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Holcombe Burnell, Ide, Shillingford St. George, Kenn, and Doddiscombsleigh.[3]
The name Dunchideock originates in the Common Brittonic language. First attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Donsedoc, the first part of the name derives from the word whose modern Welsh form is din ("fort"), while the second part is the adjective found in modern Welsh as coediog ("wooded").[4][5]: 290 The form of the Dun-element later changed by association with the Old English word dūn ("hill").[6] According to W. G. Hoskins, the place-name originally referred to the nearby Iron Age hill fort of Cotley Castle.[7]
