Sheepwash, Devon
| Sheepwash | |
| Devon | |
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 Sheepwash | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SS248106 |
| Location: | 50°50’12"N, 4°9’3"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Beaworthy |
| Postcode: | EX21 |
| Local Government | |
Sheepwash is a village in the midst of Devon, about nine miles east of Holsworthy, eight miles south of Great Torrington and about ten miles north-west of Okehampton. It is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Buckland Filleigh, Highampton and Black Torrington.[1][2]
The name Sheepwash is first documented in 1166 (as Schepewast) and means, as it sounds, a place where sheep were washed before shearing.[2][3]
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The parish church, which is in the village, is dedicated to St Lawrence. It was completely rebuilt in 1880 and was described by W. G. Hoskins in 1954 as "dull".[4]
Other buildings worthy of notice in the parish are Newcourt Barton, about a mile north-east of the village, which dates from the late 16th century with 18th-century and later alterations;[4] and Totleigh Barton which mostly dates to the 16th and 17th centuries, but has surviving mediæval features. It once had a private chapel.[5]
The Half Moon Inn in the village is a traditional fishing inn with rights to the fishing on several miles of the River Torridge.[6]
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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 Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 148. ISBN 1-84114-314-6.
- ↑ Watts, Victor (2010). The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names (1st paperback ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 541. ISBN 978-0-521-16855-7.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hoskins, W. G. (1972). A New Survey of England: Devon (New ed.). London: Collins. p. 475. ISBN 0-7153-5577-5.
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Devon, 1952; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09596-8
- ↑ Wilson, Mary (10 July 1999). "Property: A Pint of Lager and Three Bedrooms, Please...". The Independent. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5014551.html. Retrieved 29 November 2013.