Calverleigh

Calverleigh (anciently Calwoodleigh)[1] is a village, parish and former manor in Devon, England, situated 2 miles north-west of Tiverton. the parish church is dedicated to St Mary.[2] The resident lords of the manor were for many generations the Calwoodleigh family.[3]

St Mary the Virgin church, Calverleigh

Calverleigh Court

The manor house called Calverleigh Court is situated to the west of the parish church and was rebuilt in 1844-5 by Joseph Chichester Nagle to the design of George Wightwick (1802-1872) of Plymouth.[4]

References

http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Calverleigh/
Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.243
Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.132, pedigree of Calwoodleigh of Calwoodleigh
Pevsner, p.243

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[1] ttp://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Calverleigh/

[2] Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.243

[3] Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.132, pedigree of Calwoodleigh of Calwoodleigh

[4] Pevsner, p.243