Drewsteignton
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 42 ′ N , 3 ° 47 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SX736908 | ||
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| Residents | 818 ( 2001 Census ) | ||
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| Post town | EXETER | ||
| ZIP code section | EX6 | ||
| prefix | 01647 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South West England | ||
| Shire county | Devon | ||
| District | West Devon | ||
| Civil Parish | Drewsteignton | ||
| British Parliament | Torridge and West Devon | ||
| Website: http://www.drewsteigntonparish.co.uk/ | |||
Drewsteignton is a village, Civil parish and a former manor in the West Devon administrative unit in England ; it is located in Dartmoor National Park in the River Teign valley , 13 miles west of Exeter and 14 miles southeast of Okehampton . It is known for its location, the picturesque town center and the nearby Castle Drogo and the lookout point at Fingle Bridge . At the time of the 2011 census, Drewsteignton had 1616 inhabitants.
history
Settlement in the area goes back to the Neolithic period. Spinster's Rock in Shilston, also located in Parish, is a burial chamber dating back to around 3000 BC and there are stone circles of similar age in the area . Later, in the Iron Age , a ridge was created at the end of a Wallenburg , as today Prestonbury Castle is known.
Manor
The manor house Taintone (in Anglo-Saxon means "a settlement next to the (River) Teign") is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 107th of the 176 estates of Baudouin de Meules , who is also known as Baldwin FitzGilbert. William the Conqueror had appointed him as Sheriff of Devon , who held the fiefs granted by William ; these included the feudal Barony of Okehampton . During the reign of King Henry II (1154–1189) the place belonged to a certain "Drew", known in Anglo- Norman French as Drew de Teignton , in Latinized form Drogo ; this gave the manor its name. Around 1242 ownership passed from the Drews to the Daubernon (or Dabernon) family. The manor later passed to the Carew family of Antony , Cornwall, and at some point before 1810 the estate was sold piece by piece to Reginald Pole-Carew .
In the Middle Ages the village was relatively wealthy. It made wool , and there were quarries for limestone and a small mine for tin. The village was also a stop on the old Exeter to Okehampton road. Most of the buildings in the village are made of granite, including the bridge over the River Teign, built in the 16th or 17th centuries. The village was once part of the Wonford Hundred .
Most of the parish church of Holy Trinity dates from the 15th century, with some later alterations. Elias Tozer (1825–73) attended the church when it was consecrated. The village square next to the church may date from the time the place was originally founded. The census data show that the town suffered from population decline over a long period of time during the 19th century; many of its buildings have hardly changed since then. The center of the village was listed as a historical monument in 1972.
One of the noteworthy buildings in town is the Drewe Arms , a pub with many historical features. The inn has had its current name since the 1920s, when Julius Drewe expanded Castle Drogo into a family seat.
The sculptor Peter Randall-Page lives nearby and some of his works are on display on site.
Web links
- Drewsteignton Parish Council , official website (English)
supporting documents
- ^ Neighborhood Statistics - Parish Headcounts
- ^ Ward population 2011 . Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ↑ a b W. G. Hoskins: Devon. 1954.
- ↑ a b Caroline and Frank Thorn (eds.): Domesday Book. Volume 9: Devon. Part 2: Notes. Phillimore Press, Chichester 1985, Chapter 16, p. 107 OCLC 12928297 .
- ^ A b c Sir William Pole: Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon. [Ed.]: Sir John-William de la Pole. London 1791, p. 244.
- ^ Drewsteignton, Devon - Genealogy and Family History
- ^ Tristram Risdon: Survey of Devon. London 1811, with 1810 Additions, p. 376.
- ↑ a b Drewsteignton Appraisal ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Drewsteignton community page ( memento of the original from March 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Drewsteignton & Castle Drogo
- ^ John Lloyd Warden Page: An Exploration of Dartmoor and Its Antiquities: With Some Accounts of Its Borders. Seeley and Company, Limited, 1892, p. 186, accessed August 20, 2016.
- ↑ The Drewe Arms
