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to do and see during your visit.
Okehampton has been greeting visitors for over 2000 years. Some were invaders
rather than visitors! The area was initially settled in the bronze age, extensive
evidence of which can still be found on the slopes of surrounding moorland.
Saxon rule came in the 7th century; the name 'Ocmundtune', meaning settlement by the Ockement, is first recorded in AD 980 as a place where slaves were freed at a cross-roads so they could choose their own destiny. The Saxon settlement was probably built up around the parish church, which still stands over half a mile from the modern town.
West Devon Borough Council operates two fully networked Tourist Information Centres, in the historic market towns of Tavistock and Okehampton.