Sandford, Devon
Sandford, Devon | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Crediton | |
Postcode district | EX17 | |
Dialling code | 01363 | |
Police | Devon and Cornwall | |
Fire | Devon and Somerset | |
Ambulance | South Western | |
UK Parliament | ||
Sandford is a village and
History
The Grade II listed school main building dates from 1825, and is notable for its classical Greek architecture and cob walls, thought to be the highest of their kind in the country.[3]
Present
The village has its own community-owned shop and post office, two pubs, a Primary school, a church, St Swithuns with a font of Caen stone, and minor football and cricket teams.
It is linked by cycle/foot path to nearby Crediton through the Millennium Green - a wild flower meadow with herb garden, example of cob walling, and a large pond. An annual pumpkin growing competition is held there in late September.
Sandford Parish Council is the lowest form of local government that covers this rural parish.
The actors Luke and Harry Treadaway were raised in the village.
Near the village is Fordy Wood Copse a 0.64 hectares (1.58 acres) woodland owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.[4]
Historic estates
The area surrounding the town of Crediton is particularly well populated with important historic estates. Those within the parish of Sandford include:
Dowrich
Creedy
Ruxford
Effigies of Sir
- The Right Worshipful Sir Robert Chichester of the noble Order of the Bath, Bart, to Emmanuel Davie of Sandford in Crediton, gentleman, whereas ... the Barton Farm, messuage etc called Rokisfoorde or Ruxford, a close of land called Mylum and a parcel of lande a meadow called Nether Apple Meadow in Crediton ... a meadow called Heddge Mead... now sells the premises with all the messuages, buildings, goods, lands etc, etc, to Emmanuel...".
In about 1620 a plaster escutcheon was affixed inside the house showing the de Via arms of the Davie family impaled with the arms of Northcote,[12] the arms of the family of his first wife Katherine Northcote (d.1620).[13]
West Sandford
Francis Hall (d.1728) of West Sandford, Crediton, married Frances Quicke, daughter of Andrew Quicke (1666-1736) of
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ "Sandford & Creedy ward 2011". Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ "Sandford community page". www.devon.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 31 May 2007.
- ^ "Fordy Wood Copse – a Woodland Trust Wood". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ Hoskins, p.473
- ^ Vivian, p.289
- Hoskins, W.G., A New Survey of England: Devon, London, 1959 (first published 1954), p.276
- ^ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.480; these are the arms visible on the contemporary brass to Mary Carew (d.1604) in Sandford Church. The Dowrish arms given by Vivian, p.289 (Argent, a bend cotised sable a label of three points) are incorrect
- ^ See:"File:JohnDeRaleighDeed1362.JPG": Archives of the Chichester family of Arlington Court, North Devon Record Office: PILTON, ARLINGTON, LOXHORE, CHALLACOMBE, SANDFORD?, WEST DOWN, all in Devon BAGGEARN HUISH, DUNWEAR, in Somerset 50/11/1/1 31 January 1362 36 Edward III [1]
- ^ Hoskins, W.G., A New Survey of England: Devon, 1959, p.473
- ^ Hoskins, W.G., A New Survey of England: Devon, 1959, p.473; Pevsner & Cherry, The Buildings of England: Devon, 2004, p.719
- ^ Information on armorials as given by Ferguson-Davie, Sir Michael, 8th Baronet, author of The Davies of Devon in posting [2]
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.272
- ^ Will of Francis Hall of St. James Place, Westminster, Esq., 21 June 1727, with codicil, 30 March 1728 Somerset Archives DD\SF/431 1727-28; Claim to a moiety of certain lands [named] in an unspecified parish in co. Northants. by Frs. Hall in right of his mother, one of the daus. and coheiresses of Hy. Edmonds, decd. DD\SF/1674 ND, c 1701 [3]
- ^ Burke's Genealogical & Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of GB & Ireland (Quicke of Newton St Cyres), where Francis Hall is stated as of "West Sandford" [4]
- ^ Vivian, Heraldic Visitations of Devon, 1895, pp.854-5, Quicke of Newton St Cyres
- ^ Cruickshanks
- ^ Gray, Todd & Rowe, Margery (Eds.), Travels in Georgian Devon: The Illustrated Journals of The Reverend John Swete, 1789-1800, Vol.3, Tiverton, 1999, p.120
- ^ Lysons, Magna Britannia, Vol.6, Devonshire, 1822, Parishes: Salcombe Regis - Silverton, pp. 430-451. [5]