Sowton

village and civil parish in Devon, England, UK
Place village Q1907603
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Sowton

Summary

Sowton is a village[1]. Sowton ranks in the top 0.44% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month, #223 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sowton is located in East Devon[3].
  • Sowton is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Sowton's image is recorded as Telephone box, in Sowton village - geograph.org.uk - 1542023.jpg[5].
  • Sowton's instance of is recorded as village[6].
  • Sowton's instance of is recorded as civil parish[7].
  • Sowton's Commons category is recorded as Sowton[8].
  • Sowton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3348171[9].
  • Sowton's OS grid reference is recorded as SX9760592683[10].
  • Sowton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.724166666667, 'lon': -3.4508333333333}[11].
  • Sowton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fxxzn[12].
  • Sowton's GSS code is recorded as E04002991[13].
  • Sowton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+652'}[14].
  • Sowton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+849'}[15].
  • Sowton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+639'}[16].
  • Sowton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7300239[17].
  • Sowton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 12263589[18].
  • Sowton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+545.40'}[19].
  • Sowton's OpenDomesday settlement ID is recorded as SX9792/sowton[20].
  • Sowton's TOID is recorded as 7000000000022675[21].
  • Sowton's TOID is recorded as 4000000074555478[22].
  • Sowton's Vision of Britain unit ID is recorded as 10093089[23].
  • Sowton's Vision of Britain place ID is recorded as 3174[24].
  • Sowton's Survey of English Place-Names ID is recorded as 53284f14b47fc4097e001844[25].
  • Sowton's Survey of English Place-Names ID is recorded as 53284f38b47fc4097e001a25[26].
  • Sowton's KEPN ID is recorded as Devon/Sowton[27].

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Geography

Sowton is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Sowton is located in East Devon[3].

Physical Characteristics

Sowton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+545.40'}[19]. Population counts include {'amount': '+652'}[14], {'amount': '+849'}[15], and {'amount': '+639'}[16].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include village[6] and civil parish[7].

Why It Matters

Sowton ranks in the top 0.44% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month, #223 of 50,837).[2] Sowton has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . United Kingdom Census 2011. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . United Kingdom Census 2011. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Steinsky · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Historic county Devon
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