Drewsteignton
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 Centre of Drewsteignton, showing the Drewe Arms and Holy Trinity Church |
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 Drewsteignton
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| Drewsteignton shown within Devon | |
| Population | 818 (2001 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SX736908 |
| • London | 190 miles (306 km) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | EXETER |
| Postcode district | EX6 |
| Dialling code | 01647 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
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| Website | http://www.drewsteigntonparish.co.uk/ |
Drewsteignton is a village, civil parish and former manor within the administrative area of West Devon, England, also lying within the Dartmoor National Park. It is located in the valley of the River Teign, 13 miles (21 km) west of Exeter and 9 miles (14 km) south east of Okehampton. It is known for its attractive scenery, for its picturesque village centre, and for the nearby visitor attractions of Castle Drogo and the beauty spot of Fingle Bridge. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 1,616
Settlement in the area dates back to the Neolithic period. Spinsters' Rock at Shilston, within the parish, is a Neolithic chambered tomb dating from around 3000 BC, and there are stone circles of similar date in the area. Later, an Iron Age hill fort, now known as Prestonbury Castle, was developed on the end of a prominent ridge.
The manor of Taintone (meaning in Anglo-Saxon "a settlement beside the (River) Teign") is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as the 107th of the 176 Devon landholdings of Baldwin the Sheriff, otherwise known as Baldwin FitzGilbert and Baldwin de Meulles. He held it in demesne. He was William the Conqueror's Sheriff of Devon and held lands granted to him personally by that king in Devon which comprised the feudal barony of Okehampton, including Taintone. In the reign of King Henry II (1154-1189) it was held by a certain "Drew", also known in Anglo-Norman French as Drew de Teignton,Latinized to Drogo, from whom the manor derived its distinguishing suffix. However, by 1242 it had passed from the Drew family and was held by the Daubernon (or Dabernon) family. Later it passed to the Carew family of Antony in Cornwall and at some time before 1810 was sold-off piecemeal by Reginald Pole-Carew (d.1835).
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