Cove is a small village in the county of
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. It is 4 miles north of
Tiverton and 2 miles from
Bampton in the Exe Valley some 450 feet above sea level. Cove was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1886. The church of St. John the Baptist, erected in 1856 on the site of an earlier building, is a stone building in the plain Gothic style consisting of chancel, nave and vestry. Services ceased in 1987 and the building and former churchyard are now a private residence. The register dates from the years 1680 to 1987. The
Exe Valley Railway
The Exe Valley Railway was a branch line built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in Devon, England, to link its Bristol to Exeter line with its Devon and Somerset Railway (D&SR), thereby connecting Exeter with (which is in Somerset). The li ...
used to run through the village and you can still see the platform and old station house which is currently lived in.
The manor of Cove was acquired in 1763 by Robert Row of Livingshayes,
Silverton, from Thomas Carew of
Crowcombe
Crowcombe is a village and civil parish under the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England, southeast of Watchet, and from Taunton. The village has a population of 489.
The parish covers the hamlets of Crowcombe Heathfield, Flaxpool, Halsway, Law ...
,
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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. Cove House, erected in 1800, is a pillared
Bath stone
Bath Stone is an oolitic limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate. Originally obtained from the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines under Combe Down, Somerset, England. Its honey colouring gives the World Heritage City of ...
mansion, standing on an elevated plateau, surrounded by park land and woodland with panoramic views of the valley.
The Cove Estate, along with the fishing rights, was sold in 1922 by the
North-Row family and gave many tenants the opportunity to acquire the freehold of their properties.
References
Villages in Mid Devon District
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