Monkokehampton
| Monkokehampton | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 Monkokehampton Post Office in 1995 | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SS582054 |
| Location: | 50°49’52"N, 4°-0’52"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 139 (2011) |
| Post town: | Winkleigh |
| Postcode: | EX19 |
| Dialling code: | 01837 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Devon |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Central Devon |
Monkokehampton is a village and parish in the Black Torrington Hundred of Devon. The village lies on the River Okement, about three miles east-north-east of Hatherleigh.[1] The civil parish is bounded by those of Hatherleigh, Exbourne, Broadwoodkelly and Iddesleigh,[2] and had a population of 139 at the 2011 Census.[3]
Alternative names for Monkokehampton are "Monk Okehampton", "Okehampton" and "Okehampton Monk".[4]
Features
There are 16 listed buildings in Monkokehampton.[5] Monkokehampton has a church called All Saints.[6]
History
Monkokehampton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Monuchementone/Monacochamentona.[7] Monk Okehampton once belonged to Glastonbury Abbey.[8] On the 25th of March 1885 Barntown, Upcott, and Lewersland were transferred from the civil parish of Monk Okehampton to that of Broadwood Kelly. The transferred area contained two houses in 1891.[9]
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Monkokehampton) |
- ↑ "History of Monk Okehampton in West Devon - Map and description". A Vision of Britain through Time. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1881.
- ↑ "Monkokehampton". Ordnance Survey. http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000022953.
- ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Monkokehampton Parish (E04003339)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks/report?compare=E04003339. Retrieved 28 February 2019
- ↑ "History of Monk Okehampton in West Devon - Place names". A Vision of Britain through Time. http://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1881/names.
- ↑ "Listed Buildings in Monkokehampton, West Devon, Devon". British Listed Buildings. https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/monkokehampton-west-devon-devon.
- ↑ "All Saints, Monkokehampton". A Church Near You. https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/9122/.
- ↑ "Devonshire M-R". The Domesday Book Online. http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/devonshire5.html#monkokehampton.
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names. Clarendon Press. p. 348. ISBN 0198691033. https://books.google.com/books?id=XJkYAAAAIAAJ. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ↑ "Monk Okehampton AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10023658.
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