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Luton, Teignbridge

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This article is about the village near Newton Abbot in south Devon. For the hamlet near Broadhembury in East Devon, see Luton, East Devon.
Not to be confused with Lutton (disambiguation).

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Luton is located in Devon
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50°34′53″N 3°33′08″W / 50.581424°N 3.552122°W / 50.581424; -3.552122

Luton is a village in Devon, England, within Teignbridge local authority area. Historically Luton formed part of Ashcombe Hundred.[1]

The village is in the parish of Bishopsteignton, but has a chapel of ease, dedicated to St John the Evangelist, built in the 19th century. The village is within Kenn Deanery for ecclesiastical purposes.

The chapel is a Grade II listed building,[2] as are the lych gate[3] and a tomb in the churchyard.[4] Other listed buildings in the village include the Old Mill, a former watermill inoperative since the 1880s and now a private house,[5] and Ivy Cottage, a 17th- or 18th-century thatched cottage.[6]

The village contains a public house, the Elizabethan Inn.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Devon Libraries information Archived 30 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1147651)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Lychgate to Chapel of St John the Evangelist (Grade II) (1097766)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Ficklin chest tomb and railings – immediately south of the south side of Luton Chapel (Grade II) (1097765)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  5. ^ Historic England. "The Old Mill (Grade II) (1147668)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Ivy Cottage (Grade II) (1333900)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Home Page". Elizabethan Inn. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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