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| Wolborough | |
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St Mary's church, Wolborough | |
Location within Devon | |
| Civil parish | |
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| Shire county | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Wolborough is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton Abbot, in the Teignbridge district, in the county of Devon, England. Today the village forms a southern suburb of the town of Newton Abbot.[1][2]
The parish of Wolborough historically included the town of Newton Abbot.[3] When district councils were established in 1894, Wolborough was included in the Newton Abbot Urban District. As a parish in an urban district Wolborough was classed as an urban parish and so was not given a parish council, instead being directly administered by Newton Abbot Urban District Council. The civil parish of Wolborough was eventually abolished on 1 April 1974 when the three parishes within Newton Abbot Urban District (Wolborough, Highweek and Milber) were united as a single parish called Newton Abbot within the new Teignbridge district.[4][5][6] In 1951 the parish had a population of 8517.[7]
In the 2020s there are plans to expand the settlement with 1,100 homes and supporting infrastructure.[8]