Eggesford
Sign in to saveEggesford () is a parish in mid-Devon, without its own substantial village. It is served by Eggesford railway station on the Exeter to Barnstaple railway line, also known as the Tarka Line.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mid Devon
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Eggesford
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Eggesford Church - geograph.org.uk - 1776183.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- All Saints Church, Eggesford, viewed from the south-east
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Devon#UK
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- England
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Devon
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mid Devon
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Mid Devon
- Population
- +143
- Image
- Eggesford Church - geograph.org.uk - 1776183.jpg
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Descent of the Manor
- de Reigny
- Copleston
- Chichester
- St Ledger
- Fellowes
- Wallop/Fellowes
- Old Eggesford House, Eggesford
- New Eggesford House, Wembworthy
- Church monuments
- References
- External links
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"Here lyeth buried ye bodies of John Copleston Esq., & Dorothie his wife daughter to Sr. George Biston of Biston Castel in Chelshere, knight. They had issue Anne their sole daught. & heire who is now maryed to Edwarde Chichester Esq., one of ye sonnes of Sr. John Chichester of Rawleigh, knight, in whose memory the said Edwarde Chichester their son in law hath erected this monument in ye yere 1614. She departed ye 22 July in ye yere 1601 he departed ye 11 of ... in ye yere 1606, living together 30 yeres in much peace w.th God & lovinge societie e.ch w.th other".