Stowford

Village in Devon, England

Human settlement in England
  • Stowford
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  • Devon
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  • South West
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  • Torridge and West Devon
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England
Devon
50°39′38″N 4°13′11″W / 50.6606°N 4.2198°W / 50.6606; -4.2198

Stowford is a village and civil parish in the district of West Devon in the English county of Devon. It is situated to the west of Dartmoor. Stowford is about 1 mile west of the village of Lewdown and about 11 miles south-west of Okehampton in Devon and 7 miles east of Launceston in Cornwall.[2] The parish is very rural, and includes the hamlet of Sprytown.[3]

The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist and is around 14th-15th century in date.[4] The church was restored and the north aisle rebuilt by Sir Gilbert Scott in 1874.[4]

An ancient stone stands at the entrance to the churchyard. It stands 170 cm out of the ground, and contains an inscription dated to the 8th-11th century.[5] The inscription reads "GUNGLEI" or "GUG.LES" and is thought to be a personal name.[5]

The Harris Baronetcy, of Stowford, near Launceston, in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 1 December 1673 for Arthur Harris, Member of Parliament for Okehampton between 1671 and 1681. The Harris residence was at Hayne House in the parish of Stowford. The title became extinct on his death in 1686.

References

  1. ^ 2011 census
  2. ^ Stowford Devon, www.visionofbritain.org.uk, retrieved 25 September 2013
  3. ^ Stowford, Genuki, retrieved 25 September 2013
  4. ^ a b CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, Pastscape, retrieved 25 September 2013
  5. ^ a b MONUMENT NO. 438115, Pastscape, retrieved 25 September 2013

External links

Media related to Stowford at Wikimedia Commons

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Bold text denotes a parish council referred to as a "town council".
  1. Non-metropolitan district of the non-metropolitan county of Devon (administered by Devon County Council).
  2. Has city status in the United Kingdom.
  3. Has borough status in the United Kingdom.
  4. Unitary authority not part of the non-metropolitan county, thus not administered by Devon County Council.
  5. The remainder of Torbay is unparished.