Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Fyckshenhall
| Fyckshenhall | |
|---|---|
  Fyckshenhall Location within Devon | |
| Population | 37 (2001 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SX493763 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TAVISTOCK |
| Postcode district | PL19 |
| Dialling code | 01822 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Fyckshenhall (pronounced /fɪərk-ʒʌn-ʌl/), sometimes written as Fychshenhall, is a hamlet in the civil parish of Mary Tavy in the West Devon district of Devon, England. Its nearest town is Tavistock, which lies approximately 1.2 miles (1.9 km) south-west of the hamlet. Fyckshenhall is situated adjacent to the A386 road near Wilminstone and consists of approximately a dozen residences and a church, St. Bartholomew's.[1]
History[edit]
The hamlet's name comes from the old English fyckshen, meaning "the place where the land is wet".[2] This is understandable as its location is in the confluence of the River Tavy and its tributary, locally known as the River Richy but officially as the River Wallabrooke. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book under its original name of Fyckenhow and there is evidence of settlement there dating back to late antiquity. The church, named for St.Bartholomew the Obtuse, is first mentioned in approximately 1313. There is little remaining evidence of the original Gothic building, however, the majority of the church dating from the 17th century.[1]
Fyckshenhall Halt stood on the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway line from Bere Alston to Lydford; the line and the halt closed on 6 May 1968.[3] The large railway viaduct (Bridge No.652) where the line crosses the Wallabrooke still exists today. Next to Fyckshenhall Halt was a railway incline serving Wilminstone Quarry.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Salmon, Arthur (2011) [1923]. Dartmoor. p. 66. ISBN 1172907757.
- ^ Frith, Dunning (2001). Francis Frith's villages of Devon. pp. 84–85. ISBN 1859374441.
- ^ Plymouth Railways information on the PD&SWJR
- ^ Hunt, Bruce (2003). "Inclines in Devon". Just A Few Lines (34). Tamar Belle Heritage Group.