Hexworthy Mawer, A., Gover, J.E.B. and Stenton, F.M. Place-Names of Devon p.194 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, since 1987 it has been in the civil parish of Dartmoor Forest.
Hexworthy has an inn, the Forest Inn, opened in the 1850s.Forest Inn website
Very close to the village, on the opposite bank of the West Dart, is the hamlet of Huccaby, which has a parish church which is unusual for being dedicated to St Raphael.St. Raphael's Church website
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.Newman, P. (1996) Recording the Tinworks of Dartmoor Forest
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