Chittlehamholt
| Chittlehamholt | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 St John Baptist, Chittlehamholt | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SS649209 |
| Location: | 50°58’21"N, 3°55’30"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | EX37 |
| Postcode: | Umberleigh |
| Local Government | |
Chittlehamholt is a hamlet (within its own civil parish) in the north of Devon. The 2011 census recorded a population of 169.
The hamlet of Chittlehamholt was originally a clearing in woods where residents of Chittlehampton collected logs, and to which parish it belonged. It was only in the Victorian era that Chittlehamholt had grown sufficiently to be taken as a parish on its own terms.
Parish church
The parish church is St John the Baptist, which is part of the South Molton Mission Community within the Diocese of Exeter.[1][2]
This part of Devon is a place of hamlets and little villages. The closest villages are Satterleigh and Warkleigh to the north, King's Nympton to the east, and Chulmleigh to the south east. The River Taw forms the southern and western boundary of the parish, and the A377 road from Barnstaple to Exeter skirts the parish on the far side of the river.
Despite the size of the place, the parish has twenty-six listed building, all at Grade II. They include two bridges, the church of St John Baptist, a Gospel Hall, Chittlehamholt Manor, the Exeter Inn (a 16th-century coaching inn)[3] and houses and farm buildings.
Outside links
- "Chittlehamholt through time". http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5212.
- "Chittlehamholt". Devon County Council. http://www.devon.gov.uk/historicchittlehamholt.
- Information on Chittlehamholt from GENUKI
References
- ↑ "St John the Baptist, Chittlehamholt". South Molton Mission Community. http://missioncommunity.weebly.com/chittlehamholt---the-church-of-st-john-the-baptist.html. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ↑ "St John The Baptist, Chittlehamholt". Church of England. https://www.achurchnearyou.com/chittlehamholt-st-john/. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ↑ "History". The Exeter Inn. http://www.theexeterinn.co.uk/. Retrieved 5 August 2016.