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Stowford | |
Devon | |
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Stowford | |
Location | |
Grid reference: | SX432869 |
Location: | 50°39’38"N, 4°13’11"W |
Data | |
Population: | 303 (2011) |
Local Government | |
Council: | West Devon |
Parliamentary constituency: |
Torridge and West Devon |
Stowford is a village in Devon, on the west side of Dartmoor, about a mile west of the village of Lewdown and eleven miles or so south-west of Okehampton, in the west of the county.
The parish, which is very rural, includes the hamlet of Sprytown.[1]
Parish church
The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist and is around 14th-15th century in date.[2]
The church was restored and the north aisle rebuilt by Sir Gilbert Scott in 1874.[2]
An ancient stone stands at the entrance to the churchyard. It stands five and a half feet out of the ground, and contains an inscription dated to the 8th-11th century.[3] The inscription reads "GUNGLEI" or "GUG.LES", which is thought to be a personal name.[3] It has been dated to mid-to-late Anglo-Saxon period, from the 8th to 11th centuries.
Outside links
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Stowford) |
References
- ↑ Information on Stowford from GENUKI
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 National Monuments Record: No. 1023823 – Church of St John The Baptist
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 National Monuments Record: No. 438115 – Inscribed stone in Stowford churchyard