Georgeham

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Georgeham
Location within Devon
Population1,487 (2001)
OS grid reference SS4639
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRAUNTON
Postcode district EX33
Dialling code 01271
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51°08′N4°11′W / 51.13°N 04.19°W / 51.13; -04.19

Georgeham is a village and civil parish near Croyde, in North Devon. The appropriate electoral ward is termed Georgeham and Mortehoe with total population at the 2011 census of 3,748. [2] Georgeham is a historic village lying close to some of the most dramatic beaches of the North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which are flanked by the rocky headlands of Baggy Point and Saunton Down, although there are no views of the sea or coastline from the village itself. [3] The character of the village is typically rural. The majority of the historic development in the village is east and south-west of the church. [4] The village is also characterized by thatched cottages arranged in an irregular fashion along narrow lanes. [5] There is a Victorian village school, a medieval church and two 17th Century public houses, the main one in the middle of the village, The King's Arms, and another one up a small lane, The Rock. [6]

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Pronunciation is a controversial issue. [7] Traditionalists maintain that there is in fact an emphasis on both the syllables George and ham. Others, usually outsiders not originally from North Devon, believe there to be no pronunciation on the ham, thus making it sound George-um.

The hamlets of Cross and Forda lie between Georgeham and Croyde. Pickwell is part of the parish and lies between Georgeham and Putsborough.

History

Georgeham was first documented in the Domesday Book, where it appears under the name Hama. [8] The village's current name, which first appeared in 1535, followed the dedication of St George's church, the parish church, to Saint George. [9] Prior to 1535, the village was also referred to as Ham St. George and George Ham. [10]

The village gave its name to HMS Georgeham, a Ham class minesweeper.

The artist Margaret Kemp-Welch lived in the village during the 1920s and 1930s and painted a mural in the parish church.

After serving in the First World War, Henry Williamson lived in the village from 1921; in Skirr Cottage he wrote his first published work, The Beautiful Years, as well as his most celebrated work, Tarka the Otter . [11] His grave lies in the village churchyard. Also buried here is the writer and adventurer Negley Farson, who also had a home in the village. His son, the writer and broadcaster Daniel Farson, died here in his father's former home in 1997[ citation needed ].

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.georgehamparishcouncil.gov.uk/
  2. ↑ "Georgeham and Mortehoe Ward 2011.retrieved 21 Feb 2015".
  3. ↑ http://www.britishplacenames.co.uk/ss4639-georgeham-devon, "British Place Names" Retrieved 15 October 2014
  4. ↑ http://www.northdevon.gov.uk/georgeham_appraisal.pdf Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine , "Georgeham Conservation Area Character Appraisal" Retrieved 15 October 2014
  5. ↑ http://www.northdevon.gov.uk/georgeham_appraisal.pdf Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine , "Georgeham Conservation Area Character Appraisal" Retrieved 15 October 2014
  6. ↑ http://www.northdevon.gov.uk/georgeham_appraisal.pdf Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine , "Georgeham Conservation Area Character Appraisal" Retrieved 15 October 2014
  7. ↑ http://www.britishplacenames.co.uk/ss4639-georgeham-devon, "British Place Names" Retrieved 15 October 2014
  8. ↑ http://www.northdevon.gov.uk/georgeham_appraisal.pdf Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine , "Georgeham Conservation Area Character Appraisal" Retrieved 15 October 2014
  9. ↑ http://www.northdevon.gov.uk/georgeham_appraisal.pdf Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine , "Georgeham Conservation Area Character Appraisal" Retrieved 15 October 2014
  10. ↑ http://www.northdevon.gov.uk/georgeham_appraisal.pdf Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine , "Georgeham Conservation Area Character Appraisal" Retrieved 15 October 2014
  11. ↑ http://www.northdevon.gov.uk/georgeham_appraisal.pdf Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine , "Georgeham Conservation Area Character Appraisal" Retrieved 15 October 2014
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