Braunton
Braunton is an English town, civil parish, clerical church as well as previous mansion in Devon. The town is situated 5 miles (8 km) west of Barnstaple. While not the biggest town in England, it is among the most populous in Devon with a population at the 2011 census of 7,353 people. There are two selecting wards (East and also West). Their joint population at the above demographics was 8,218. Within the church is the fertile, low-lying Braunton Great Field, which adjoins the undulating Braunton Burrows, the Core Area in North Devon Biosphere Reserve, the largest psammosere (dune system) in England. It challenges the Atlantic Ocean at the west of the church at the large coastline of Saunton Sands, one of the South West's international-standard surfing beaches. The population of Braunton, according to the census of 1801, was 1,296. This number enhanced fairly swiftly in the thirty years to 1831, to 2,047 however the price of boost reduced throughout the next ten years and accompanying the arrival of the railway dropped from 2,364 in 1851 to 2,089 in 1881. Population growth resumed and also saw nearly a doubling in between 1961 and 2011, to 8,128 people. Information for 1801-- 1961 is available at Britain Through Time. The 2001 and also 2011 Censuses provide detailed info about the town. The settlement's population in 2011 were staying in 3,552 homes.