Calverleigh
From Wikishire
| Calverleigh | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
.jpg) St Mary the Virgin church, Calverleigh | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SS922143 |
| Location: | 50°55’6"N, 3°32’1"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Tiverton |
| Postcode: | EX16 |
| Local Government | |
Calverleigh (anciently Calwoodleigh)[1] is a village in Devon, two miles north-west of Tiverton.
The resident lords of the manor were for many generations the Calwoodleigh family.[2]
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary.[3]
Calverleigh Court
The manor house called Calverleigh Court is situated to the west of the parish church and was rebuilt in 1844-5 by Joseph Chichester Nagle to the design of George Wightwick (1802-1872) of Plymouth.[4]
References
- ↑ Information on Calverleigh from GENUKI
- ↑ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.): 'The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620' (1895) p.132, pedigree of Calwoodleigh of Calwoodleigh
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Devon, 1952; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09596-8
- ↑ Pevsner, p.243
