Burrator is a grouped parish council in the English county of Devon. It is entirely within the boundaries of the Dartmoor National Park and was formed in 1973 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972 from the older councils of Meavy, Sheepstor and Walkhampton.
The parish has an area of 59.45 km2 (23 sq miles), and is one of the most sparsely populated. The population count in 2001 found that 1,540 people lived in the parish. The parish coincides with the similarly named electoral ward, and at the 2011 census the population had decreased to 1,445.[1] The ward contains the villages of Dousland, Meavy, Sheepstor and Walkhampton, and also Burrator Reservoir which is the main water supply for Plymouth. The parish is twinned with the municipality of Mathieu, in Normandy, France.
Burrator Parish Council holds the ownership of the Royal Oak Inn at Meavy, which dates back to the 16th Century. The Inn is leased to a tenant publican and the council's ownership and administration of the Inn is managed by its Royal Oak Inn committee, composed of Meavy parish councillors.
The parish of Burrator is named after Burra Tor, a large granite tor that is exposed from the field to the woodland by the dam; located at Grid Reference 553679[2] at the southern end of the reservoir and about halfway between its two dams blocking the outlets to the River Meavy and the Sheepstor Brook.
James Brooke, the first white Rajah of Sarawak, died in Burrator.[3]
^"Ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
^"Burrator Perambulation". Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team Plymouth. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015.
Burrator is a grouped parish council in the English county of Devon. It is entirely within the boundaries of the Dartmoor National Park and was formed...
Burrator Reservoir is a reservoir on the south side of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. It is one of a number of reservoirs and dams that were...
the Burrator Reservoir dam. Some of the water goes through underground pipes to the water treatment works at Dousland; the rest goes into the Burrator Reservoir...
the same day as other local elections across England. The election for Burrator ward was delayed until 15 June 2023 following the death of one of the original...
Walkhampton to form Burrator Parish Council, and for electoral purposes it is grouped with the same two parishes to form Burrator Ward. Burrator Reservoir, constructed...
Brooke's recent biographers wrote that during Brooke's final years in Burrator in Devon "there is little doubt ... he was carnally involved with the rough...
Tavistock line, to Princetown via four intermediate stations, Dousland, Burrator and Sheepstor Halt, Ingra Tor Halt and King Tor Halt. The line closed in...
was opened as Burrator Platform and became Burrator Halt when it was opened to the public, the name being changed again in 1929 to Burrator and Sheepstor...
south-west England. It runs entirely in the national park and connects Burrator Reservoir to the River Plym. The river is 15.9 kilometres (9.9 mi) long...
Council, Hartburn ward, death of candidate. West Devon Borough Council, Burrator Ward, death of candidate. Worcester City Council, Nunnery ward, death of...
shortened and now carries water to Burrator Reservoir, which feeds most of the water supply of Plymouth. Burrator Reservoir is located about 5 miles (8 km)...
crag at western edge of moor Buckfast Abbey – abbey near Buckfastleigh Burrator Reservoir – late Victorian reservoir Canonteign Falls – second highest...
and Sheepstor to form Burrator Parish Council, and for electoral purposes it is grouped with the same two parishes to form Burrator Ward. The village has...
opened, three other stations had been added to the line in the 1920s, Burrator and Sheepstor Halt in 1924, Ingra Tor Halt in 1936. Much of the route followed...
situated about 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Princetown just off the path between Burrator and Whiteworks on the western side of Dartmoor, Devon, England at grid...
tors are added to the list: Sharpitor - Dartmoor (South west Dartmoor, Nr Burrator Reservoir) - 402m Sharpitor - Dartmoor (North east Dartmoor, Nr Lustleigh)...
James Brooke, the first Rajah of Sarawak, spent his final years in nearby Burrator, and Brooke's biographer claims "there is little doubt ... he was carnally...
Dartmoor, England, at GR 581694, height 366 metres (1,201 ft), overlooking Burrator Reservoir. Dartmoor. Vol. OS Explorer Map OL 28. Ordnance Survey. 2005...
the station opened, three other stations were later added to the line : Burrator and Sheepstor Halt in 1924, King Tor Halt in 1928, and Ingra Tor Halt in...
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