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Frithelstock
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Frithelstock (pronounced Frizzlestock) is a village, civil parish and former manor in Devon, England. It is located within Torridge local authority area and formed part of the historic Shebbear hundred. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Monkleigh, Great Torrington, Little Torrington, Langtree and Buckland Brewer. In 2001 its population was 366, down from 429 in 1901.
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- Locality
- Torridge
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image
- FrithelstockPrioryLookingWest2013.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The parish church, the Priory ruins and, on the right, the rectory
- UK place.official_name
- Frithelstock
- UK place.shire_district
- Torridge
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Torridge and West Devon
- UK place.post_town
- Torrington
- UK place.postcode_district
- EX38
- UK place.postcode_area
- EX
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SS4619
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Frithelstock (pronounced Frizzlestock) is a village, civil parish and former manor in Devon, England. It is located within Torridge local authority area and formed part of the historic Shebbear hundred. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Monkleigh, Great Torrington, Little Torrington, Langtree and Buckland Brewer. In 2001 its population was 366, down from 429 in 1901.
The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon ''Frithulac's Stocc. The ruins of Frithelstock Priory are adjacent to the north east side of the parish church of St Mary and St Gregory, and represent the only substantial remains of a monastic house in Devon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frithelstock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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