Eggesford
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| Eggesford | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church, Eggesford | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SS683112 |
| Location: | 50°53’8"N, 3°52’23"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Mid Devon |
Eggesford is a parish in the middle of Devon, an extensive area but a parish without its own substantial village. It has a church, All Saints, and a manor house, Eggesford Barton House.
The parish is served by Eggesford railway station on the Exeter to Barnstaple railway line, also known as the Tarka Line.
Church monuments
There are several memorial monuments in the church, including two particularly fine ones of the Chichester family which include very high quality alabaster effigies, namely monuments to:
- Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568–1648) and his wife Anne Copleston (1588–1616), heiress of Eggesford, against the north wall of the north aisle. On a tablet above to the right is inscribed a memorial to Anne's parents John Copleston Esq., (died 1606) and his wife Dorothy Biston (d.29 July 1601).
- Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall (1606–1674) and his two wives, the eldest son of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester, an exceptionally fine and ornate monument, situated against the south wall of the nave, directly opposite the entrance to the church via the north porch. This monument was originally sited within the ancient stone arch separating the chancel from the Chichester Chapel in the north aisle.
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References
- Axe, Matthew, Chapman, Lesley & Miller, Sharon. The Lost Houses of Eggesford, published by Eggesford Gardens Ltd., Eggesford, 1995
- Lauder, Rosemary, Vanished Houses of North Devon, Tiverton, 2005, Eggesford House, pp. 57–69
