Buckland Brewer
| Buckland Brewer | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 St Mary and St Benedict, Buckland Brewer | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SS419208 |
| Location: | 50°57’54"N, 4°15’7"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 794 (2011) |
| Post town: | Bideford |
| Postcode: | EX39 |
| Dialling code: | 01237 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Torridge |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Torridge and West Devon |
Buckland Brewer is a village in northern Devon, four and a half miles south of Bideford, within the Shebbear Hundred. The 2001 census recorded a population of 777, increasing to 794 at the 2011 census.
Churches
The parish church is the Church of St Mary and St Benedict, which is part of the benefice of the Hartland Coast Team Ministry. This falls within Deanery of Hartland, in the Diocese of Exeter.
The church tower is over 500 years old, with a Norman stoup and doorway. There are monuments to, among others, John Taylor, the Loughborough bellfounder, who was born here.
There is also a Methodist chapel in the village.
About the village
The Butcher's shop closed at the end of 2013.
The Coach & Horses Inn is a 12th-century inn and its history is well documented.
The village hall is provided for the use of parishioners.
Sport
- Cricket: Buckland Brewer CC
- Football: Buckland Brewer FC, formed in 1976.
- Skittles: skittles club that operates several teams
Historic estates
The hisotoric estate around the village are:
- Orleigh, for which rthe manor house is Orleigh Court, a late mediæval house. John Davie bought the building in 1684. It was the birthplace of John Hanning Speke. It was substantially altered in the early 18th century and remodelled after 1869.[1] The house was redeveloped for multiple occupancy in the 1980s and is currently divided into approximately twelve apartments.
- Vielstone: The earliest known residence of the influential Stevens family, later of Smythacott in Frithelstock, Winscott House in Peters Marland and Cross, Little Torrington. Today Vielstone is a modest farmhouse, surrounded by converted farm buildings and new bungalows.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Buckland Brewer) |
References
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Devon, 1952; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09596-8