Chardstock

Chardstock
Chardstock
Shire county	Devon;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Axminster
Postcode district	EX13
Dialling code	01460
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Tiverton and Honiton;
	List of places UK England Devon 50°50′09″N 2°58′50″W / 50.835796°N 2.980691°W

Chardstock is a village and

2011 Census was 828.^[2] The parish also contains the hamlets of Bewley Down, Birchill, Burridge, Holy City and Tytherleigh

.

The parish is a major part of the

electoral ward of Yarty. The ward population at the above census was 2,361.^[3]

The parish was in Dorset until 1896.^[4] Historically it formed part of Beaminster Forum and Redhone Hundred.

The attractive village is surrounded by farmland and woodland and is within the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The River Kit runs through the village. The village church dates from the 19th Century.^[5] The village also has a post office and pub (currently closed).

The collection of work by Artist Kenneth Butler Evans, cousin of poet

William Butler Yeats

, is based in the village at the home of his widow, sculptor Ann Ford.

Prebend

During the Middle Ages, Chardstock was a prebend of the Cathedral church of Salisbury.^[6]

Freedom of the Parish

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Parish of Chardstock.

Individuals

12 June 2019: Michael Dadds, Former Chardstock Parish Councillor.

^[7]

Military Units

References

^ "Chardstock Parish Council". Chardstock Parish Council. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
^ "Yarty ward 2011". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
^ Dorset OPC: Chardstock
^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1333540)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
^ 'Prebendaries: Chardstock', in D.E. Greenaway (ed.), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300, Volume 4: Salisbury (IHR, London 1991), pp. 59-60 (British History Online).
^ Bennett, Belinda (6 October 2019). "Honorary Freedom of the Parish for former Chardstock councillor". East Devon News. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

External links

Inspector Denning: Chardstock Victorian Policeman - UK Parliament Living Heritage

Media related to Chardstock at Wikimedia Commons

Devon County Council: page on history of Chardstock

[1] "Chardstock Parish Council". Chardstock Parish Council. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[2] "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 February 2015.

[3] "Yarty ward 2011". Retrieved 25 February 2015.

[4] Dorset OPC: Chardstock

[5] Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1333540)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

[6] 'Prebendaries: Chardstock', in D.E. Greenaway (ed.), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300, Volume 4: Salisbury (IHR, London 1991), pp. 59-60 (British History Online).

[7] Bennett, Belinda (6 October 2019). "Honorary Freedom of the Parish for former Chardstock councillor". East Devon News. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

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