Bishop's Tawton
Bishop's Tawton is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. It is in the valley of the River Taw, about three miles south of Barnstaple. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,176.
Description
The spire of St John the Baptist church in the village is 14th century. Within the church, the baptismal font is Norman and there survive several mural monuments to the Chichester family of Hall.
Several sources dating from the 16th and 17th centuries
There is a pillar on Codden Hill to Caroline Thorpe, the wife of the local MP Jeremy Thorpe; she died, aged 32, on 29 June 1970 in a car accident. The monument, designed by Clough Williams-Ellis, was dedicated on 4 December 1971 by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Crediton.[4]
Notable residents included
Historic estates
- Newport, an ancient borough.
- Hall, a seat of the Chichester family.
- Pill, a seat of the Chichester family.
- Accott, a seat of the Giffard family.
References
- ^ Chanter, J.R. Tawton: The First Saxon Bishopric of Devonshire, Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Vol. VII (1875), pp. 179-196.
- ^ Cutts, Rev E L (1887)A Dictionary of the Church of England. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge., p. 278
- ^ Orme, N. The Church in Devon: 400-1560 (Exeter, 2013), caption to Fig. 9.
- ^ Thorpe, Jeremy (2014). In My Own Time. Biteback Publishing.
External links
Media related to Bishop's Tawton at Wikimedia Commons
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