Weare Giffard is a small village, civil parish and former manor in the Torridge district, in north Devon, England. The church and manor house are situated...
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Weare may refer to: Weare (surname) Weare, New Hampshire, USA Weare, Somerset, England Weare Giffard, Devon, England Weare Township, Michigan, USA Wearing...
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parishes of Monkleigh and Weare Giffard. Running by it today is A386 road from Bideford to Great Torrington. Weare Giffard is the start of the tidal section...
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the son of Hugh Fortescue (died 1719), lord of the manor of Filleigh, Weare Giffard, etc., whose family is earliest recorded as residing in the 12th century...
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Fortescue descend from Sir Hugh Fortescue (1665–1719) of Filleigh and of Weare Giffard, both in Devon, whose first wife's first cousin had been 13th Baron...
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Berry Castle, Huntshaw (redirect from Berry Castle, Weare Giffard)
is an Iron Age Hill fort in the civil parish of Huntshaw, close to Weare Giffard in Devon, England, to the north of Great Torrington. The fort takes...
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from 1905 until 1932, of Castle Hill in the parish of Filleigh, of Weare Giffard Hall, both in Devon and of Ebrington Manor in Gloucestershire, was a...
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Whympston (section Fortescue monument, Weare Giffard)
As the 17th-century Fortescue mural monument in the parish church of Weare Giffard (see below) states, "Whympstone" (modern spelling "Whympston") in the...
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Castle Hill, Filleigh, North Devon. Ebrington Manor, Gloucestershire. Weare Giffard Hall, Devon. Lord Fortescue married Hester Grenville (1767–1847), daughter...
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Devon in 1583, eldest son of Richard Fortescue (c. 1517 – 1570) of Weare Giffard and of Filleigh, ancestor of the Earls Fortescue. Effigies of the couple...
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Whitford Walkhampton Warkleigh Washfield Washford Pyne Way Village Weare Giffard Weir Quay Welcombe Wembury Wembworthy West Charleton West Down Westleigh...
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Castle, Somerset Berry Castle, Huntshaw, an Iron Age hill fort near Weare Giffard, Devon Berry Pomeroy Castle , a Tudor mansion, Devon Bury Castle (disambiguation)...
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165. ISBN 978-0-300-21293-8. As the 1638 Fortescue mural monument in Weare Giffard Church, Devon, relates Ligne de chemin de fer (1849) and Gare de chemin...
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Roger Giffard (died 1597) was an English physician. Giffard was the son of Ralph Giffard of Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire, by his wife Mary, daughter...
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Treawyn of Weare Gifford, (d. 1381) by marriage to whose daughter and heiress, according to Tristram Risdon, the Fortescues had acquired Weare Giffard: Argent...
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Brinsmead, the founder and head of the firm, was born on 13 October 1814 in Weare Giffard, North Devon, a son of Henry Brinsmead, an innkeeper and lime burner...
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Northam, Parkham, Peters Marland, Petrockstowe, Shebbear, Sheepwash and Weare Giffard The island of Lundy, in the northwest of the county, also belongs to...
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Torridge A39 Road Bridge Bideford Long Bridge Halfpenny Bridge, Annery/ Weare Giffard Beam Aqueduct, (Rolle Canal), Beam, Great Torrington Rothern Bridge...
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manors or estates of: Bowden, Instow, Upton Pyne, Kingdon, Woodland, Weare Giffard, Eggesford and Bicton. Copleston House was stated by Prince (d. 1723)...
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Huntshaw Mill Bridge which is Grade II listed, although some of it is in Weare Giffard CP. The name "Huntshaw" means 'Hun's wood' or 'honey wood', possibly...
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bridges over the River Torridge near Torrington, at Town Mills and Weare Giffard and the sea-wall at Exmouth. He was an active donor to charitable works...
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chimney piece was brought by the Fortescues from their secondary seat at Weare Giffard Hall in Devon, and survives in today's hotel. During World War II the...
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Elizabeth married John II Lovering (died 1686) of Huxhill in the parish of Weare Giffard. It appears however that Hudscott had been the residence of his father...
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Fortescue family, together with substantial other Densyll manors including Weare Giffard, Buckland Filleigh, Combe and Tamerton. The Fortescue family quartered...
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Retrieved 1 October 2017. As the 1638 Fortescue mural monument in Weare Giffard Church, Devon, relates. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations...
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Manor of Clovelly (section Giffard)
when the Giffards became tenants in chief. Roger Giffard in 1242 held Clovelly as one knight's fee from Sir Walter Giffard of Weare Giffard. His son Matthew...
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Hugh Fortescue (2 June 1665 – December 1719) of Filleigh and Weare Giffard Hall in Devon and of Ebrington Manor in Gloucestershire, was a British landowner...
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argent. These arms can be seen sculpted on a bench-end, c. 1510, in Weare Giffard Church, where exist others adorned with Fortescue arms and those of...
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Denzill, daughter and heiress of Richard Denzill, landholder at Filleigh, Weare Giffard, Buckland Filleigh and other places in Devon. Elizabeth Fortescue, who...
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Densell (died 1508), daughter and co-heiress of Richard Densell of Weare Giffard and Filleigh in Devon, and widow of Martin Fortescue (died 1472), of...
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