Sampford Courtenay
| Sampford Courtenay | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 Sampford Courtenay | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SS6301 |
| Location: | 50°47’32"N, 3°56’42"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 509 (2001) |
| Post town: | Okehampton |
| Postcode: | EX20 |
| Dialling code: | 01837 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Devon |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Torridge and West Devon |
Sampford Courtenay is a little village in western Devon, to the north of Okehampton.
The 2001 census recorded a population of 509.
The village is most famous, or rather infamous, as the place where the Western Rebellion, otherwise known as the Prayerbook Rebellion, first started, and where the rebels made their final stand.
There is a railway station near the village and named from it, at Belstone Corner. Sampford Courtenay Station still operates as a halt on the Dartmoor Railway summer weekend service between Okehampton and Exeter.
Parish church
The Church of St Andrew is mainly built of granite and has an elegant tower.[1]
In literature
Sampford Courtenay is the area which author M.R. James had in mind for his short ghost story Martin's Close published in More Ghost Stories in 1911. The New Inn featured in this story is also a real place and a Grade-II-listed old coaching inn originally built in the 16th century
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Sampford Courtenay) |
References
- ↑ Betjeman, J. (ed.) (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the South. London: Collins; p. 165