Countisbury

Countisbury[1] is a hamlet on Exmoor in Devon, England.[2] It is 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]

St John the Evangelist Church

Since 2012, Countisbury has formed part of the civil parish of Brendon and Countisbury, having previously been a civil parish in its own right.[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. 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. 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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