Butterleigh
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.jpg) St Matthews Church in Butterleigh |
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| Population | 102 (2011 UK Census) |
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| District | Mid Devon |
| Shire county | Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Tiverton and Honiton |
Coordinates: 50°51′48″N 3°27′34″W / 50.863450°N 3.459320°W
Butterleigh is a village in Mid Devon, England situated about three miles south east of Tiverton. The village includes a public house, village hall, award-winning blacksmith and is famous for its harvest home.
St Matthew's Church
The parish church of St Matthew has a 13th-century baptismal font, and an alms box predating King Charles I.
Monuments
In the church of St Matthew is a mural monument to Elizabeth Courtenay (d.1624), a daughter of Philip III Courtenay (1547-1611) of Molland by his wife Joane Boyes (d.1586), daughter of John Boyes of Kent. Elizabeth married in 1600[1] to the Hollander Peter Muden, a doctor of medicine, of Butterleigh. Shortly before 1600 Muden had enlarged the parish church[2] and later erected the existing mural monument to his wife which contains a female effigy between two children with verse.[3]
External links
Media related to Butterleigh at Wikimedia Commons
Butterleigh, Mid Devon at DMOZ
References
- ↑ Vivian, Heralds' Visitations of Devon, p.251
- ↑ Lysons, Magna Britannia, Vol.6: Devon, 1822, Parishes: Bridestowe - Butterleigh, pp. 69-92
- ↑ Polwhele, vol.2, p.256
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