Crapstone
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Region | South West England |
| County | Devon |
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Crapstone is a village in the county of Devon. The village is located on the edge of Dartmoor, in the parish of Buckland Monachorum and is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from the village of Yelverton, 9 miles (14 km) from the city of Plymouth and 5 miles (8 km) from Tavistock.
History
During the Second World War, Crapstone was the nearest village to RAF Harrowbeer. Members of the RAF crew were housed in the nearby villages of Crapstone, Yelverton and Buckland Monachorum. The Ministry of Defence maintained a defence site in Crapstone until the 1980s when the site was cleared and converted for residential use.[1]
In 2007 Crapstone was used as the name of the village in a television advert for the RAC.[2] Local residents started a protest group on the social networking site Facebook complaining that the village used in the television advert was not actually Crapstone but a location using its name.[3]
As a child, Christopher Hitchens lived for some years in the village, and noted his embarrassment at the name in his autobiography, as well as in the pages of Vanity Fair.[4] It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[5] Other previous residents include singer Michael Ball, Michael Foot (MP), Seth Lakeman, Sam Lakeman, Sean Lakeman, and the writer Emma Smith.[citation needed]
Nearby villages include:
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dispersed Sites". RAF Harrowbeare, Yelverton. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RAC - Crapstone". TellyAds. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Christie, Jonathan (20 May 2008). "What's in a name? Britain's rudest places". The Independent. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hitchens, Christopher. "England Made Them". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lyall, Sarah (22 January 2009). "No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something Else". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
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