Brayford
Brayford is a large parish straddling the boundary of the National Park. As a civil parish it includes the parochial parishes of Charles and High Bray. The village lies outside of the National Park boundary and within the National Park is only a small area with scattered farmsteads and wooded combes running up to the high ground at Five barrows and Shoulsbury.
Area: 2599ha; area in National Park: 960ha
Population (2001 census): 358; occupied households:141
County: Devon; District: North Devon; Ward: North Molton
Meaning of place name: ford on the River Bray: Old English braeg = brow or hill and Celtic bre = hill. High Bray, the original settlement, stands on a hill.
View of Brayford from High Bray
High Bray
Brayford quarries
| From 2001 census | Brayford | Exmoor average | England average |
| population density: persons per hectare | 0.14 | 0.16 | 3.45 |
| % of population 15yrs old and under | 14.9 | 14.9 | 20.15 |
| % of population 60 yrs old and older | 28.0 | 25.95 | 20.75 |
| males/ % females | 53/47 | 48/52 | 48/52 |
| average persons per occupied household | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| holiday and second homes: % of all household spaces | 10.0 | 9.92 | 0.64 |
| % population change since 1991 census | -1.6 | +2 | +4 |