Countisbury[1] is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brendon and Countisbury, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is on Exmoor,[2] roughly two miles east of Lynmouth along the A39. It has a church[3] and pub.[4] The National Trust owns the other buildings.[5][6] In 2001 the parish had a population of 66.
| Countisbury | |
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.jpg) St John the Evangelist Church | |
  Countisbury Location within Devon | |
| Population | 66 (2001 census) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
On 1 April 2013 the parish was abolished and merged with Brendon to form "Brendon and Countisbury".[7]
Scholars [8][9] now believe the Iron Age promontory fort of Wind Hill on Countisbury Hill was the site of the Battle of Cynuit in 878.
References
edit- ^ "Countisbury". Genuki. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "SS7449". Geograph. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "MDE20045 - St John the Evangelist Church, Countisbury (Building)". The Historic Environment Record for Exmoor National Park. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "The Blue Ball Inn". Devon's Finest. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Countisbury Hill Cottage Lynton, Devon". National Trust. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "62.11.13.008LB.0 Design and Access statement" (PDF). Exmoor National Park. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "The North Devon District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) No. 1 Order 2012" (PDF). North Devon District Council. 26 October 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ Stenton, FM (1947). Anglo-Saxon England (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 241n, 253.
- ^ Keynes, Simon; Lapidge, Michael (1983). King Alfred. Penguin Books. p. 84.
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