Chevithorne

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title: "Chevithorne" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-mid-devon-district", "tiverton,-devon"] description: "Village in Devon, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-mid-devon-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevithorne" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Devon, England ::

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Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Chevithorne
coordinates
civil_parish	Tiverton
shire_district	Mid Devon
shire_county	Devon
region	South West England
constituency_westminster	Tiverton and Minehead
post_town	Tiverton
postcode_district	EX16
postcode_area	EX
os_grid_reference	SS9715
static_image	Chevithorne , Chevithorne Farm and Village Road - geograph.org.uk - 1261020.jpg
static_image_width	250px
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| country = England | official_name= Chevithorne | population = | coordinates = | civil_parish = Tiverton | shire_district= Mid Devon | shire_county= Devon | region= South West England | constituency_westminster=Tiverton and Minehead | post_town= Tiverton | postcode_district= EX16 | postcode_area= EX | dial_code= | os_grid_reference= SS9715 |static_image=Chevithorne , Chevithorne Farm and Village Road - geograph.org.uk - 1261020.jpg |static_image_width=250px Chevithorne () is a small village near Tiverton, Devon. It lies three miles to the North East of Tiverton. 'Chenetorne' is identified in two entries of Domesday Book: The first entry tells us the manor of Chevithorne, had a taxable value 0.6 geld units, and worth £2.3 to the lord in 1086. The holding was populated by 4 villagers. 2 smallholders. 8 slaves. There was enough ploughland for 2 lord's plough teams. and 2 men's plough teams and had, in addition, 0.12 lord's lands. 8 acres of meadow. 15 acres in pasture. and 3 acres of woodland. There were also 10 cattle and 60 sheep. The 'Lords' of this holding in 1086: are named as Alwin (who is also named as lord in 1066), and Beatrix (the sister of Ralph of Pomeroy and William 'the goat'). Ralph de Pomeroy was Tenant-in-chief, He was a large land holder in Devon, and his brother William held several properties as both lord and Tenant-in-Chief.

The balance of the land was held by Baldwin,'the Sheriff', as Tenant in Chief, served by Rogo (son of Nigel) as lord. The holding included 3 villagers. 3 smallholders. 3 slaves; 5 ploughlands . 1 lord's plough teams. 0.5 men's plough teams, in addition to 0.12 acres of lord's lands. 11 acres in meadow, and 12 acres in pasture for 5 cattle. 16 pigs. 18 sheep. 6 goat. Plus 100 acres of woods for hunting. All valued to the lord, in 1086, at £1.

Major Buildings

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The Church of St Thomas, the parish church, is a Victorian building of 1843 by Bejamin Ferrey. It is of local red sandstone with a slate roof and in a Middle Pointed style. The interior has memorial tablets to members of the Heathcoat-Amory family, local industrialists and landowners who lived at nearby Knightshayes Court. The churchyard contains a memorial to Michael Heathcoat-Amory by the sculptor Eric Gill. The church is a Grade II listed building.

The vicarage, behind the church, is by the Victorian architect William Burges and was commissioned by Sir John Heathcoat-Amory and constructed 1870-71. The style is Burges's "unmistakable muscular Gothic." The building is of one storey with a garret and a kitchen wing and cost £700. Now a private house, the vicarage is also Grade II listed.

Chevithorne Barton is a manor house of the early 17th century, rebuilt in the 19th century and further remodelled for the Heathcoat-Amory's in 1930. Of three storeys, it contains some original Jacobean plasterwork and panelling. The manor house is a Grade II* listed building. Michael Heathcoat Amory (born October 1941, died February 2016) created the arboretum there, and published a catalogue entitled The Oaks of Chevithorne Barton.

Notes

References

• {{cite book |last1=Cherry|first1=Bridget|last2=Pevsner|first2=Nikolaus |title=The Buildings of England:Devon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5wd_Pw4L3zcC&q=Devon+Pevsner |year=2004 |publisher=Yale University Press|location=New Haven, CT; London |isbn=0-300-09596-1

References

1. Powell-Smith, Anna. "Chevithorne - Domesday Book".
2. {{harvnb. Cherry. Pevsner. 2004
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