Tedburn St Mary is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England, approximately 8 miles west of Exeter. It has a population of approximately 1500. The village is the principal population centre of the electoral ward called Teignbridge North. The population of the ward at the 2011 census is 2,715.[1]
The Grade II* listed church of St Mary[2] is at Town Barton, the former site of the village which is northwest of the present one. The west tower has diagonal buttresses and a polygonal stair turret. The nave is unusually wide; the north transept and the north aisle may be 14th century. The chancel was rebuilt in 1868.[3]
Edward Gee was rector of Tedburn St Mary from 1599 to 1618.
Tedburn St Mary won the Calor Village of the Year competition in 2001.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Teignbridge North ward 2011". Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1215975)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1952) South Devon. Harmondsworth: Penguin; pp. 278-79
External links
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