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The first mention of a settlement at this location is in a Duchy of Cornwall record from 1355 which gives the name of a farm here as Welford, a contraction of
88: 401:, now Forestry England bought the farm and began a large planting scheme here; several houses were built in the 1950s to house the forestry workers. The 228: 1723: 197: 592: 1455: 1303: 223: 1765: 1634: 1383: 1416: 1298: 531: 486: 389:) and its outbuildings, with a small number of cottages for the farm workers. The farm gained a reputation for the introduction of 1293: 277: 1592: 1015: 652: 295: 240: 185: 151: 662: 49: 502: 81: 1818: 1681: 1308: 1802: 1868: 1541: 1506: 1343: 1313: 282: 216: 1837: 1333: 1328: 1323: 165: 1394: 1744: 1566: 1536: 1278: 287: 259: 1521: 1486: 1409: 1373: 1338: 33: 1263: 1042: 625: 406: 97: 1781: 645: 398: 1707: 1676: 1561: 1481: 1465: 1232: 1227: 1167: 1162: 1157: 808: 141: 133: 1873: 1363: 1222: 1147: 1062: 1037: 745: 482: 386: 1691: 1571: 1460: 1425: 1402: 1358: 1318: 1273: 1127: 910: 865: 843: 768: 436: 424: 190: 1516: 1182: 1092: 1087: 992: 390: 439:. During the summer Forestry England run a small visitor centre by the East Dart river. 385:
Until the period after World War II the hamlet consisted of Bellever Farm (owned by the
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As of 2019 the hamlet is served by a daily bus service that runs between
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Gover, John; Mawer, Allan; Stenton, Sir Frank Merry (1932).
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Present-day hostels and hostelling associations by country
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surrounds the hamlet on its north, west and south sides.
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In 1934 some of the barns of Bellever Farm were let to
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Bellever Youth Hostel
Bellever is located in Devon
Devon
OS grid reference
SX6577
District
West Devon
Shire county
Devon
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
PL20
Dialling code
Police
Devon and Cornwall
Fire
Devon and Somerset
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
Torridge and West Devon
UK
England
Devon
50°34′52″N 3°54′04″W / 50.581°N 03.901°W / 50.581; -03.901

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