{{Short description|Hamlet in Devon, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |static_image= |static_image_caption= |country= England |region= South West England |shire_county= Devon |shire_district= |civil_parish= Dartmoor Forest |official_name= Hexworthy |population= |constituency_westminster= |os_grid_reference= SX655726 |coordinates = {{coord|50.538|-3.899|display=inline,title}} |dial_code= |post_town= |postcode_district= |postcode_area= |london_distance= }} 250px|thumb|left|The bridge across the West Dart at Hexworthy. '''Hexworthy''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|æ|k|s|ər|i}}<ref>Mawer, A., Gover, J.E.B. and Stenton, F.M. ''Place-Names of Devon'' p.194</ref> is a hamlet on Dartmoor, in Devon, England. It lies on the West Dart River a mile upstream from Dartmeet. Historically in the parish of Lydford,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Lydford/index.html |title=Lydford in White's ''Devonshire Directory'' (1850) on Genuki |access-date=19 April 2009 |archive-date=31 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231194425/http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Lydford/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> since 1987 it has been in the civil parish of Dartmoor Forest.
Hexworthy has an inn, the Forest Inn, opened in the 1850s.<ref>[https://forestinndartmoor.co.uk/ Forest Inn website]</ref>
Very close to the village, on the opposite bank of the West Dart, is the hamlet of '''Huccaby''', which has a parish church with an unusual dedication to St Raphael.<ref>[http://www.straphaelhuccaby.org/ St. Raphael's Church website]</ref>
There was a long history of tin mining near Hexworthy. Tin works in the valley of the O Brook were first recorded in 1240, and the Henroost or Hexworthy Mine did not close until 1919.<ref>[http://www.pdmhs.com/PDFs/ScannedBulletinArticles/Bulletin%2013-2%20-%20Recording%20he%20Tinworks%20of%20Dartmoor%20Forest.pdf Newman, P. (1996) ''Recording the Tinworks of Dartmoor Forest'']</ref>
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Category:Villages in Devon Category:Dartmoor