Burlescombe
Sign in to saveBurlescombe (, ) is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Holcombe Rogus, Culmstock, Uffculme, Halberton and Sampford Peverell. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 911. The village is about south west of Wellington in Somerset. The ruins of the 12th century Canonsleigh Abbey are nearby. Burlescombe is part of the electoral ward of Canonsleigh. The population of this ward was 3,218 at the 2011 Census.
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Key facts
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- Burlescombe - church - geograph.org.uk - 57772.jpg
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- 240
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary's Church
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Burlescombe
- UK place.population
- 911
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001)
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- Burlescombe
- UK place.shire_district
- Mid Devon
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST0716
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +938
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- Burlescombe - Village & Surroundings (geograph 1871375).jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Parish church
- Monument to Roger Ayshford (d.1610)
- Monument to Elizabeth Ayshford (d.1635)
- Ayshford Court
- Ayshford Chapel of Ease
- Digital Media
- References
- External links
Burlescombe (, ) is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Holcombe Rogus, Culmstock, Uffculme, Halberton and Sampford Peverell. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 911. The village is about south west of Wellington in Somerset. The ruins of the 12th century Canonsleigh Abbey are nearby. Burlescombe is part of the electoral ward of Canonsleigh. The population of this ward was 3,218 at the 2011 Census.
==History== The parish was formerly divided into four tithings and hamlets: the Town Tithing, Appledore, Westleigh and Ayshford. In 1872 the lord of the manor was Edward Ayshford Sandford, Esq., in which year much of the parish belonged to the heirs of Sir William Follett, namely R. H. Clarke Esq, Henry Dunsford Esq., and other freeholders