Loxhore is a small village,

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and former

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in the

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North Devon North Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. North Devon Council is based in Barnstaple. Other towns and villages in the North Devon District include Braunton, Fremington, Ilfracombe, Instow, South Molton, Lynton and Lynmouth ...

in the county of

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, England. The parish, which lies about five miles north-east of the town of

Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...

, is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Arlington,

Bratton Fleming Bratton Fleming is a large village, civil parish and former manor near Barnstaple, in Devon, England. It lies a few miles west of Exmoor. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Challacombe, Brayford, Stoke River ...

and

Shirwell Shirwell is a village, civil parish and former manor in the local government district of North Devon, in the county of Devon, England. It was also formerly the name of a hundred of Devon. The village lies about 3.5 miles north-east of the town o ...

. In 2001 its population was 153, down from the 202 residents it had in 1901. The parish church, dedicated to St Michael, was built in the 15th century and

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in several stages from before 1844 to c. 1900. Despite the restoration it retains several notable features including its screen, two pillars of the north arcade which are of oak instead of the usual stone, a decorated 16th-century font cover, and monuments to the Hammond family. Other notable features in the parish are Roborough Castle,

Cunnilear Camp Cunnilear Camp is an Iron Age hill fort close to the village of Loxhore in Devon, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea li ...

(an Iron Age hill fort), a small

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on a hill with wide views, and the small house of Hill which has late medieval origins. The

Manor of Loxhore The Manor of Loxhore was a manor in the parish of Loxhore, North Devon, England. Descent of the manor de Meulles In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was a double manor, part of the historic Shirwell Hundred and was one of the 176 landholdings in Dev ...

was once owned by the de Meulles and Beaumont families, whose main seat was at

Youlston Park Youlston Park also known as Youlston House is a privately-owned 17th-century mansion house situated at Shirwell, near Barnstaple, North Devon, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The parkland is Grade II listed in the National Register of Hi ...

in the adjacent

parish.

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