Wolborough

{{Short description|Village in Devon, England}}

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| official_name= Wolborough

| civil_parish = Newton Abbot

| country= England

| region= South West England

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| shire_district= Teignbridge

| shire_county= Devon

| hide_services= Yes

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|static_image_caption=St Mary's church, Wolborough

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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.{{Cite web |last=GENUKI |title=Genuki: Wolborough, Devon |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Wolborough |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=www.genuki.org.uk |language=en}}[http://www.ogwol.org.uk/ Wolborough and Ogwell churches, Newton Abbot, Devon] [https://web.archive.org/web/20170920045136/http://www.ogwol.org.uk/ Archived]

The parish of Wolborough historically included the town of Newton Abbot.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Boundary Map of Wolborough CP/AP|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10076584/boundary|access-date=4 July 2020|website=A Vision of Britain through Time|publisher=University of Portsmouth}} 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.{{cite web |title=Devonshire (South Part): Diagram showing administrative boundaries, 1972 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/241242118 |website=National Library of Scotland |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=1 August 2023}}{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Local Government (Successor Parishes) (No. 2) Order 1973|year=1973|number=1939|access-date=1 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/newton%20abbot.html|title=Newton Abbot Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=9 September 2023}} In 1951 the parish had a population of 8517.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10076584/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Wolborough CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=9 September 2023}}

In the 2020s there are plans to expand the settlement with 1,100 homes and supporting infrastructure.Gov.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-unveils-plans-for-next-generation-of-new-towns