East Anstey

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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]

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The name 'Anstey' is derived from the Old English word ‘an-stiga’ meaning ‘a hill pathway for one’. [4] East Anstey had a station on the old GWR Taunton - Barnstaple Victoria Road which closed in 1966. The station is now a private residence.

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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 Archived 2014-10-18 at the Wayback Machine , "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

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