Peters Marland
| Peters Marland | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 St Peter's, Petersmarland | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SS477116 |
| Location: | 50°53’5"N, 4°9’57"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | EX20 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Torridge |
Peters Marland, a name otherwise written Petersmarland is a small village in the middle of Devon, about four miles south of the town of Great Torrington. In 2001 the parish population was 234; down from the 286 residents it had in 1901.[1]
In 1850 the parish was recorded as covering 2,200 acres with 351 parishioners. At that time most of the land within the parish belonged to Rev. John Moore-Stevens (died 1865), Archdeacon of Exeter, whose son was living at Winscott House in the parish; much also belonged to G. Oldham of Twigbear.[2] Both Winscott and Twigbear are former manors that have their origins before the Norman Conquest, as also are Week and Winswell in the parish.[3]
The parish church, in the village, is dedicated to St Peter. It was extensively restored in the 1860s by the Moore-Stevens family and is, according to W. G. Hoskins, "entirely without interest".[3][4]
Ball clay is quarried in the east of the parish, as it has been for many years. There was a brick and tile works here until 1940; many houses in Great Torrington are built of its cream-coloured bricks. The North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway served the works between 1925 and 1982.[1] Today the former railway line forms part of the Tarka Trail series of footpaths and cycle tracks.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 133. ISBN 1-84114-314-6.
- ↑ Information on Peters Marland from GENUKI
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hoskins, W. G. (1972). A New Survey of England: Devon (New ed.). London: Collins. p. 451. ISBN 0-7153-5577-5.
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Devon, 1952; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09596-8
