Loxhore
Loxhoreis a small village,civil parishand formermanorin thelocal government districtofNorth Devonin the county ofDevon,England. The parish, which lies about five miles north-east of the town ofBarnstaple,is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes ofArlington,Bratton FlemingandShirwell.[1]In 2001 its population was 153, down from the 202 residents it had in 1901.[2]
The parish church, dedicated to St Michael, was built in the 15th century andrestoredin several stages from before 1844 to c. 1900. Despite the restoration it retains several notable features including its screen, two pillars of the north arcade which are of oak instead of the usual stone, a decorated 16th-century font cover, and monuments to the Hammond family.[2][3][4]
Other notable features in the parish are Roborough Castle,Cunnilear Camp(an Iron Age hill fort), a smallmotteon a hill with wide views, and the small house of Hill which has late medieval origins.[4]TheManor of Loxhorewas once owned by the de Meulles and Beaumont families, whose main seat was atYoulston Parkin the adjacentShirwellparish.
References
[edit]- ^"Map of Devon Parishes"(PDF).Devon County Council. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2 November 2013.Retrieved20 June2013.
- ^abHarris, Helen (2004).A Handbook of Devon Parishes.Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 103.ISBN1-84114-314-6.
- ^Hoskins, W. G.(1972).A New Survey of England: Devon(New ed.). London: Collins. p. 425.ISBN0-7153-5577-5.
- ^abCherry, Bridget &Pevsner, Nikolaus(1989).Devon (The Buildings of England).Harmondsworth: Penguin. pp. 541–2.ISBN0-14-071050-7.
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