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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SAMPFORD-COURTNEY, a village and a parish in Okehampton district, Devon. The village stands in a fine spot, 1½ mile N of Okehampton-Road r. station; and has a post-office designated Sampford-Courtney, North Devon, and a cattle fair on the Tuesday after 1 July. The parish contains also the village of Sticklepath, and the hamlets of Corscombe and Willy. Acres, 7, 962. Real property, £5, 936. Pop. in 1851, 1,084; in 1861, 991. Houses, 204. The manor belongs to King's College, Cambridge. A Cistertian monastery was founded at Brightley in 1136, by Richard Fitz-Baldwin; and was removed to Ford. An insurrection occurred in 1549, in consequence of an alteration in the church service; became so formidable as to make siege of Exeter; and was suppressed, by Lord Russell, at Clist, St. Mary. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £650.* Patron, King's College, Cambridge. The church is later English, in good condition; and has a lofty tower. There are a chapel of ease and a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Okehampton RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
| Place: | Sampford Courtenay |
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