East Anstey

St Michaels church, East Anstey

East Anstey is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The parish is located in an area which has been designated as an area of 'Great Landscape Value'.[1] The village falls within the South Molton Deanery for ecclesiastical purposes.[2] The village has a Grade II listed church, the Church of St Michael, which has a 15th-century tower and south porch but which was largely rebuilt in 1871.[3]

The name 'Anstey' is derived from the Old English word ‘an-stiga’ meaning ‘a hill pathway for one’.[4]

Notable residents

  • Rev John Froude II (1777-1852), Vicar of Molland-cum-Knowstone, an extreme example of the "hunting parson".

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tour-devon.com/east%20anstey/east%20anstey.html, "Tour Devon" Retrieved 15 October 2014
  2. ↑ http://www.devon.gov.uk/historiceastanstey, "East Anstey, Devon County Council" Retrieved 15 October 2014
  3. ↑ http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-97361-church-of-st-michael-east-anstey-devon, "British Listed Buildings" Retrieved 15 October 2014
  4. ↑ http://www.eastanstey.org.uk/, "East Anstey Parish Council" Retrieved 15 October 2014

Coordinates: 51°01′N 3°37′W / 51.017°N 3.617°W / 51.017; -3.617


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