Sampford Courtenay

Sampford Courtenay is a village and civil parish in West Devon in England, about 7 km NNE of Okehampton. It is most famous as the starting point of theplace where the Western Rebellion, otherwise known as the Prayerbook rebellion, and where the rebels made their final stand. It has a population of around 600.[1]

Sampford Courtenay

Sampford Courtenay
Sampford Courtenay
Location within Devon
Population600 (2019)
OS grid referenceSS6301
Civil parish
  • Sampford Courtenay
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townOKEHAMPTON
Postcode districtEX20
Dialling code01837
UK Parliament

The Church of St Andrew is mainly built of granite and has an elegant tower.[2]

It was served by the nearby Sampford Courtenay railway station at Belstone Corner. This station still operates as a halt on the Dartmoor Railway summer weekend service between Okehampton and Exeter.

Literature

Sampford Courtenay is the area author M.R. James had in mind for his short ghost story Martin's Close published in More Ghost Stories in 1911. The New Inn featured in this story is also a real place and a grade II listed old coaching inn originally built in the 16th Century

References
  1. "Sampford Courtenay website". www.sampfordcourtenay-pc.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. Betjeman, J. (ed.) (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the South. London: Collins; p. 165

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