Lewtrenchard
Lewtrenchard | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Okehampton | |
Postcode district | EX20 | |
Police | Devon and Cornwall | |
Fire | Devon and Somerset | |
Ambulance | South Western | |
Lewtrenchard is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. Most of the larger village of Lewdown is in the parish. In the Domesday Book of 1086, a manor of Lew is recorded in this area and two rivers have the same name: see River Lew. Trenchard comes from the lords of the manor in the 13th century.
Lew House
Lew House (or Lewtrenchard Manor) was built in the early 17th century (a datestone says 1620) but was altered considerably by the Victorian squire and parson Sabine Baring-Gould who resided there for many years. In 1872 he inherited the family estates of Lew Trenchard, which comprised 3,000 acres (12 km2), and the gift of the living of Lew Trenchard parish. He was already in holy orders, so when the living became vacant in 1881, on the death of his uncle Charles Baring-Gould, he was able to appoint himself to it, becoming parson as well as squire. He did a great deal of work restoring St. Peter's Church and his home Lew House, which has been preserved as he rebuilt it and is now a hotel.
Parish Church
The Parish Church of St Peter (originally dedicated to
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Battle of Gafulford
Galford near Lewdown is assumed to be the site of the Battle of
Notable residents
- Jethro (1948–2021), West Country comedian, resided in Lewdown.
- Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924), Anglican priest, hymn writer, landowner, antiquarian
Thomas Wood of Lew Trenchard built a mansion at Trevillet, Tintagel, Cornwall, in the 16th century. His son John became member of Parliament for the borough of Bossiney in the parliaments of 1614 and 1621–22, and died in 1623.[5]
References
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1952) South Devon. Penguin Books; pp. 194-95
- ^ Payton, Philip (1996) Cornwall. Fowey: Alexander Associates
- ^ "The Book of the West". p. 70. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ISBN 978-1-903356-57-9.
- ^ Canner, A. C. (1982) The Parish of Tintagel. Camelford: A. C. Canner; pp. 37-38
- Dickinson, Bickford H. C. The Parish Church [of] St Peter, Lew Trenchard, & the Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould. [Lew Trenchard: the Author, ca. 1963]
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