Brandis Corner is a village on the
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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 ...
of
Holsworthy
Holsworthy is a market town and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England, some west of Exeter. The River Deer, a tributary of the River Tamar, forms the western boundary of the parish, which includes the village of Brandis Cor ...
in
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 ...
, England.
In the Cornish dialect, a ''brandis'' is a three-legged stool made of iron, or a three-cornered rest used for a kettle. In Devonshire, the name has been used for places shaped like this article e.g. Brandis Corner, and Brandis Lane near Crediton (Source: p336 in ''Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall'' Volume IX 1886-1889 - published in 1889.)
Villages in Devon
{{Devon-geo-stub, The Bickford Arms Inn=The Bickford Arms Inn is an eleven bed hotel and pub which sits at the Brandis Corner Junction. It was originally part of the Dunsland Estate owned by the Bickford family since the time of the Norman Conquest. The current building is a recreation of the coaching inn which burned to the ground in 2003.