Sutcombe 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 authority ...

in the local government district of

Torridge Torridge may refer to: * Torridge District, a local government district in the county of Devon, England * River Torridge, is a river in Devon in England * Torridge Lass Suffix beginning with F ''Empire Fabian'' ''Empire Fabian'' was an E ...

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. The parish, which lies about 5.5 miles north of the town of Holsworthy, is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of

West Putford West Putford is a small settlement and civil parish in the local government district of Torridge, Devon, England. The parish, which lies about north of the town of Holsworthy, is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of East Put ...

Abbots Bickington Abbots Bickington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Devon, located north-northeast of Holsworthy and near the River Torridge. Etymology The name Bickington is derived from an "estate associated with a man named Beacca" pl ...

, Milton Damerel,

Holsworthy Hamlets Holsworthy Hamlets is a civil parish in the northwest of Devon, England. It forms part of the local government district of Torridge and came into being on 1 April 1900 when the ecclesiastical parish of Holsworthy was split into two. The parish ...

and

Bradworthy Bradworthy is a village and civil parish in Devon, England. The village is close to the site of the first wind turbines in Devon, erected in 2005. Bradworthy has the largest village square in England. The civil parish is bordered by the Devon pa ...

. In 2001 its population was 299, compared to 351 in 1901.

Church of St Andrew

The parish church in the village is dedicated to

Saint Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...

. Although it has a 12th-century south doorway it mostly dates from the late 15th and early 16th centuries, having some ornate 16th-century bench ends and late medieval floor-tiles from Barnstaple. It was

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Bodley & Garner George Frederick Bodley (14 March 182721 October 1907) was an English Gothic Revival architect. He was a pupil of Sir George Gilbert Scott, and worked in partnership with Thomas Garner for much of his career. He was one of the founders of Wat ...

in 1876.

War Memorial

A Latin cross memorial on a four stepped plinth commemorating the residents of Sutcombe who were killed or missing in The Great War 1914- 1918 and World War 1939-1945. Sutcombe War Memorial

Plinth 4 Inscription "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN CONNECTED WITH THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918." Plinth 3 Inscription "(Names)" Plinth 2 Inscription "GOD GRANT REFRESHMENT LIGHT ETERNAL REST YOURS BE THE GREAT REWARD WHO PAID THE PRICE. ON US THE BURNING QUESTION BE IMPRESSED SHALL WE PROVE WORTHY OF THE SACRIFICE" Plinth 1 Inscription

"WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 (Names)"

Free Church Cemetery

Maintained by donations and an annual grant from the Parish Council is Sutcombe Free Church Cemetery.

Historic estates

Thuborough

Thuborough in the south of the parish is now a farmhouse, but it was an estate mentioned in the

Domesday Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

Book of 1086. From about 1500 it belonged to a branch of the Prideaux family and was their seat during the 16th and 17th centuries. The house retains details from this period.

References

Villages in Devon Torridge District {{Devon-geo-stub