Farringdon, Devon
Farringdon is a village, civil parish and former manor in the district of East Devon in the county of Devon, England. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Clyst Honiton, Aylesbeare, a small part of Colaton Raleigh, Woodbury, Clyst St Mary and a small part of Sowton.[1]
The village is twinned with Secqueville-en-Bessin, Normandy, France.[2]
The parish church of St Petrock and St Barnabus is a Grade II* listed building.[3] Rebuilt in 1870, it retains its original Norman font.
Manor
The manor of Farringdon was long held by the "de Farringdon" family, whose pedigree from the early 13th century to the late 16th century is given in the Heraldic Visitations of Devon.[4] Lancelot Farringdon (d.1598) "a proper and discret gentleman in outward show", in the words of Risdon (d.1640), was the last in the male line and committed suicide, and was "found hanged in his bedchamber by his garter to the bedstead".[5] His estates passed to his two sisters, Abigail Farringdon, the elder, married to John Drake of Peter Tavy in Devon, and Mary Farringdon, the younger sister whose share of the inheritance included Farringdon,[6] married to William Cooper.[7] The arms of Farringdon were: Sable, three unicorns in pale argent armed and crined or.[8]
References
- The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey.
- ^ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Name: CHURCH OF ST PETROCK AND ST BARNABUS List entry Number: 1328759". Historic England. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ *Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitation of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp.339-40
- ^ Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.62. See also Vivian, footnote 3, p.340
- ^ Vivian, footnote 3, p.340
- ^ Vivian, p.292
- ^ Vivian, p.339
External links
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