Chardstock is a village and

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 authorit ...

located on the eastern border 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. Devo ...

, England off the A358 road between Chard and

Axminster Axminster is a market town and civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England. It is from the county town of Exeter. The town is built on a hill overlooking the River Axe which heads towards the English Channel at Ax ...

. The parish population at the 2011 Census was 828. The parish also contains the hamlets of Bewley Down, Birchill, Burridge,

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and Tytherleigh. The parish is a major part of the electoral ward of Yarty. The ward population at the above census was 2,361. The parish was in

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until 1896. Historically it formed part of

Beaminster Forum and Redhone Hundred Beaminster Forum & Redhone Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes: *Beaminster * Bradpole * Chedington * Chardstock (transferred to Devon 1896) * Corscombe * Mapperton * Mosterton * Netherbury * ...

. The attractive village is surrounded by farmland and woodland and is within the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The River Kit runs through the village. The village church dates from the 19th Century. The village also has a post office and pub. The collection of work by Artist Kenneth Butler Evans, cousin of poet

William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish liter ...

, is based in the village at the home of his widow, sculptor Ann Ford.

Prebend

During the Middle Ages, Chardstock was a prebend of the Cathedral church of Salisbury.

Freedom of the Parish

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Parish of Chardstock.

Individuals

* 12 June 2019: Michael Dadds, Former Chardstock Parish Councillor.

Military Units

References

External links

Inspector Denning: Chardstock Victorian Policeman - UK Parliament Living Heritage

Devon County Council: page on history of Chardstock
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