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Cotleigh
Cotleigh is a village and civil parish near Honiton in Devon, England. It is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Upottery, Stockland, Offwell and Monkton. In the 19th century the rector of Cotleigh Devon was also rector of Barwick, Somerset Barwick is a village and parish in Somerset, England, about south of Yeovil in the South Somerset district and on the border with Dorset. The parish, which includes the village of Stoford, has a population of 1,221. History The earliest signs ....pace The British critic, quarterly theological review, 1827 Volume 1 - Page 539 "DECEASED The Rev. W Michell, rector of Cotleigh and Barwick, Devon." ic/ref> References External links Village website Villages in Devon {{Devon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockland, Devon
Stockland is a village and civil parish in Devon, close to the Somerset boundary. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Yarcombe, Membury, Dalwood, Widworthy, Offwell, Cotleigh and Upottery. Its nearest neighbouring towns are Honiton and Axminster, which are and away respectively. It has a population of around 600. The village is placed within the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Stockland parish had historically been an exclave of Dorset until the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 The Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 61), which came into effect on 20 October 1844, was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which eliminated many outliers or exclaves of counties in England and Wales for civil purposes. .... Notable Features Stockland has a village hall where community events are held and is the location of the local pre-school. The village hall also includes a children's play area, cricket pitch a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upottery
Upottery (originally Up Ottery) is a rural village, civil parish and former manor in East Devon, England. Location Upottery takes up both sides of the upper vale of the Otter which flows to the English Channel south of Ottery St Mary and is a clustered village. Its northern limit forms the border with Somerset. Clockwise from which are the Devon parishes of Yarcombe, Stockland, Cotleigh, Monkton, Luppitt and Clayhidon. History Parts of the parish church of St Mary the Virgin date from the 12th century. The Viscounts Portman, as in Portman Square and surrounding areas of London, which remain the family hands, held the manor house and main lands here for about two centuries but in 1934 inherited a property in Wiltshire which they substituted for this home, casting off local landholding also to other ownership, on sale. The former World War II airfield of RAF Upottery is in the outer parts of the parish. Housing and demography Most, 81.6%, of housing is owned (with/without m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monkton, Devon
Monkton is a village and civil parish on the River Otter, about 2 miles north east of Honiton railway station, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 169. The parish touches Cotleigh, Upottery, Honiton, Offwell and Luppitt. The parish is in the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Features There are 5 listed buildings in Monkton. History The name "Monkton" means 'Monks' farm/settlement' and is likely to have been of Ango-Saxon origin. The parish was historically in the Colyton hundred. On the 24th of March 1884 an area from Combe Raleigh Combe Raleigh () is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon, England. The village lies about 1.5 miles north of the town of Honiton, and the parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Luppitt, Honiton Honito ... parish was transferred to the parish. The transferred area contained 4 houses in 1891. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Devon
East Devon is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Devon, England. Its council has been based in Honiton since February 2019, and the largest town is Exmouth (with a population of 34,432 at the time of the 2011 census). The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Honiton with the Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban districts of Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth, Devon, Exmouth, Ottery St. Mary, Seaton, Devon, Seaton, Sidmouth along with Axminster Rural District, Honiton Rural District and part of St Thomas Rural District. East Devon is covered by three United Kingdom constituencies, Parliamentary constituencies, East Devon (UK Parliament constituency), East Devon, Tiverton and Honiton (UK Parliament constituency), Tiverton and Honiton and Central Devon. All were retained in the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election by the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, were represented by Simon Jupp, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is a coastal county with cliffs and sandy beaches. Home to the largest open space in southern England, Dartmoor (), the county is predominately rural and has a relatively low population density for an English county. The county is bordered by Somerset to the north east, Dorset to the east, and Cornwall to the west. The county is split into the non-metropolitan districts of East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge, West Devon, Exeter, and the unitary authority areas of Plymouth, and Torbay. Combined as a ceremonial county, Devon's area is and its population is about 1.2 million. Devon derives its name from Dumnonia (the shift from ''m'' to ''v'' is a typical Celtic consonant shift). During the Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiverton And Honiton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Tiverton and Honiton is a constituency in Devon, England. The current MP is Richard Foord of the Liberal Democrats, elected at a by-election on 23 June 2022. Prior to the by-election, the constituency had always returned a Conservative MP since its creation in 1997. The by-election was held following the resignation of Neil Parish after he was caught watching pornography in the House of Commons chamber (Parish himself admitted to doing so on two separate occasions). Constituency profile This is a mostly rural constituency covering a broad sweep between Exmoor to the north and Lyme Bay to the south, including the towns of Tiverton and Honiton and their surrounding villages (which include extensive farmland, rivers popular with kayakers and part of the Blackdown Hills). Some residents commute to Exeter. Residents' wealth is around average for the UK.Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Tiverton+and+Honiton Boundaries 1997– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of ecclesiastical parishes, which historically played a role in both secular and religious administration. Civil and religious parishes were formally differentiated in the 19th century and are now entirely separate. Civil parishes in their modern form came into being through the Local Government Act 1894, which established elected parish councils to take on the secular functions of the parish vestry. A civil parish can range in size from a sparsely populated rural area with fewer than a hundred inhabitants, to a large town with a population in the tens of thousands. This scope is similar to that of municipalities in Continental Europe, such as the communes of France. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honiton
Honiton ( or ) is a market town and civil parish in East Devon, situated close to the River Otter, north east of Exeter in the county of Devon. Honiton has a population estimated at 11,822 (based on mid-year estimates for the two Honiton Wards in 2009). History The town grew along the line of the Fosse Way, the ancient Roman road linking Exeter ( Isca Dumnoniorum) to Lincoln (Lindum). Contrary to 19th-century theories, it is unlikely to have been known as a stopping-point by the Romans, who built a small fort for that purpose just to the west of the present town. Honiton's location is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Honetone, meaning Huna's tun or farmstead. Lace-making Honiton later grew to become an important market town, known for lace making that was introduced by Flemish immigrants in the Elizabethan era. In the 17th century thousands of people produced lace by hand in their homes, and in the 19th century Queen Victoria had her wedding dress made of Honiton lace, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offwell
Offwell is a village and civil parish in East Devon in the English county of Devon, approximately 2 miles south-east from the nearest town, Honiton. Offwell can be accessed by the nearby A35 road. Offwell is a small village with a primary school and a post office. The village sits next to the Offwell woodland, which has its own wildlife trust. The medieval church of St Mary has a chancel arch, one chancel window and a south doorway which date from c. 1200. There are a west tower, a north aisle and a north chapel. Features of interest include the early 18th-century pulpit and reader's desk, the Lord's prayer and creed mural painting, and some Jacobean carvings. Offwell House, built in 1830, was the residence of Bishop Copleston.Pevsner, p. 216 The Copleston family arrived in the parish in the late 18th Century and provided many of its Rectors from 1772 to 1954, with notable Rectors including The Reverend John Copleston. They transformed the village and parish with their generos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barwick, Somerset
Barwick is a village and parish in Somerset, England, about south of Yeovil in the South Somerset district and on the border with Dorset. The parish, which includes the village of Stoford, has a population of 1,221. History The earliest signs of habitation in the area were the relics of a Bronze Age burial which were found in 1826, a little to the north of the village of Stoford, which may be a Saxon name derived from Stow-Ford.The Somerset Urban Archaeological SurveyStoford, by Miranda Richardson Settlement may go back as far as Saxon times, the earliest mention of Barwick being in 1185. In the Middle Ages, Stoford was shown as a new town and in an Inquisition or survey of 1273 there were 74 burgages each paying 10d (ten pence) a year. The total population of the borough in 1273 was probably over 500. Stoford kept its borough status for at least 300 years. A guildhall was mentioned in 1361 and there is proof of a separate borough court. There was still a 'borough of Stoford' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
