Buckland Filleigh
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| Buckland Filleigh | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 Buckland Filleigh House | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SS464092 |
| Location: | 50°51’43"N, 4°11’1"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Beaworthy |
| Postcode: | EX21 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Torridge |
Buckland Filleigh is a village and former manor in northern Devon, about eight miles south of the town of Great Torrington.
According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 170. It is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Peters Marland, Petrockstowe, Highampton, Sheepwash and Shebbear.[1]
Within the parish is the manor house known as Buckland House, damaged by fire in 1798 and rebuilt in 1810 in the neo-classical style by John Inglett Fortescue (1758–1841) to the designs of the architect James Green.
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References
- ↑ "Map of Devon Parishes". Devon County Council. http://www.devon.gov.uk/devon_districts_2002_.pdf. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- Taylor, Madeline Jane, Buckland Filleigh: A Continuous Thread, Bideford, 2005, Lazarus Press
- Williams, H. Fulford, Notes on the parish of Buckland Filleigh, Devon, 1964, Typescript, 68pp.
- Reichel, O.J., A Batch of Old Deeds Relating to Buckland Filleigh, Devonshire Association Transactions, vol. 41, 1909, pp. 41–55
