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3 unusual facts about Okehampton


Dartmoor Railway


The service consists of five return trips between St James Park station in Exeter and Okehampton.

Okehampton

The town's football team,Okehampton Argyle, is a non-league club which was established in 1926 after the original side, Okehampton Town, disbanded.

St Clement's Day

Ironworkers gather from all over the Britain to celebrate St Clement’s Day at Finch Foundry near Okehampton in Devon.


Lytchett Matravers

Geoffrey Beck (b. 1966), being one of the only remaining descendants of the de Carterets of Arundel, and a direct descendant of Renaud de Courtenay, Baron Okehampton (c. 1125 – c. 1190).

Richard FitzPatrick

In 1770, Fitzpatrick became Member of Parliament for Okehampton, where he served until 1774, when he was elected in Tavistock, a constituency controlled by his cousin, Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford.


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