Countisbury
St John the Evangelist Church
Countisbury is located in Devon
Countisbury
Countisbury
Location within Devon
Population66 (2001 census)
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Devon
51°13′55″N 3°47′46″W / 51.232°N 3.796°W / 51.232; -3.796

Countisbury[1] is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brendon and Countisbury, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is on Exmoor,[2] roughly two miles east of Lynmouth along the A39. It has a church[3] and pub.[4] The National Trust owns the other buildings.[5][6] In 2001 the parish had a population of 66.

On 1 April 2013 the parish was abolished and merged with Brendon to form "Brendon and Countisbury".[7]

Scholars [8][9] now believe the Iron Age promontory fort of Wind Hill on Countisbury Hill was the site of the Battle of Cynuit in 878.

References

  1. ^ "Countisbury". Genuki. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. ^ "SS7449". Geograph. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  3. ^ "MDE20045 - St John the Evangelist Church, Countisbury (Building)". The Historic Environment Record for Exmoor National Park. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. ^ "The Blue Ball Inn". Devon's Finest. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Countisbury Hill Cottage Lynton, Devon". National Trust. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  6. ^ "62.11.13.008LB.0 Design and Access statement" (PDF). Exmoor National Park. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  7. ^ "The North Devon District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) No. 1 Order 2012" (PDF). North Devon District Council. 26 October 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  8. ^ Stenton, FM (1947). Anglo-Saxon England (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 241n, 253.
  9. ^ Keynes, Simon; Lapidge, Michael (1983). King Alfred. Penguin Books. p. 84.


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