Clawton
| Clawton | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 St Leonard's church, Clawton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SX353991 |
| Location: | 50°46’8"N, 4°20’12"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Torridge |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Torridge and West Devon |
Clawton is a village in the far west of Devon, about three miles south of the town of Holsworthy on the A388 road. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north-west by the parishes of Pyworthy, Holsworthy Hamlets, Ashwater, and Tetcott. Its western border follows the River Tamar which forms the county boundary with Cornwall.[1] In 2001 its population was 326, slightly down from 389 in 1901.[2]
The ancient parish church, dedicated to St Leonard, has some Norman features in one of its windows and it has a Norman font. Its tower and the arcades of the north and south aisles date from the 14th century and it has 15th-century arches of Polyphant stone.[2][3] It was partly restored in 1873.[2]
Blagdon a former manor house, is situated nearby, and was historically within the parish of Paignton. Other notable buildings in the parish include Gunnacott (which Pevsner says has unusually rich 17th-century carpentry for north Devon) and Eastcombe, which has a sundial on its front that is dated 1737 and bears an unusual inscription: "The time is shown at all hours of the day at Jerusalem and Barbados, whilst noon tide only is shown at Goa, Isfahan [and ten other places]"[3]
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References
- ↑ "Map of Devon Parishes". Devon County Council. http://www.devon.gov.uk/devon_districts_2002_.pdf. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 168. ISBN 1-84114-314-6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Devon, 1952; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09596-8page 267