Countisbury
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| Countisbury | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
.jpg) St John the Evangelist, Countisbury | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SS747496 |
| Location: | 51°13’55"N, 3°47’46"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Lynton |
| Postcode: | EX35 |
| Local Government | |
Countisbury is a hamlet by the north coast of Devon, to be found on Exmoor, roughly two miles east of Lynmouth along the A39. It has a church, St John's, and a pub, the Blue Ball Inn.[1] The National Trust owns the other buildings.
The parish church is St John the Evangelist.[2]
Scholars now believe the Iron Age promontory fort of Wind Hill on Countisbury Hill was the site of the Battle of Cynuit in 878.[3][4]
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References
- ↑ The Blue Ball Inn on 'Devon's Finest'
- ↑ St John The Evangelist, Countisbury on A Church Near You
- ↑ Stenton, F.M.: 'Anglo-Saxon England' (Oxford University Press, 2nd edition 1947), pp 241n, 253
- ↑ Keynes, Simon and Lapidge, Michael: King Alfred' (Penguin Books, 1983), p 84