Sampford Spiney

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Sampford Spiney
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Sampford Spiney
Location within Devon
Area5.9239 km2 (2.2872 sq mi)
Population117 (2011 census)
  Density 20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Civil parish
  • Sampford Spiney
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Devon
50°31′59″N4°04′15″W / 50.533037°N 4.0709581°W / 50.533037; -4.0709581 Coordinates: 50°31′59″N4°04′15″W / 50.533037°N 4.0709581°W / 50.533037; -4.0709581

Sampford Spiney is a village and civil parish in the Walkham valley, [1] about 4 miles east south east of Tavistock, [2] in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 117. [3] The parish touches Walkhampton, Whitchurch and Horrabridge. [4]

Contents

Features

There are 26 listed buildings in Sampford Spiney, [5] of which the church is Grade I listed. [6]

History

Sampford Spiney was recorded in the Domesday Book as Sandford/Sandforda. [7] The name "Sampford" means 'Sandy ford', with the "Spiney" part being a family name of which the Spiney family held Sampford Spiney in the 13th century. [8] On the 1st of October 1950 Horrabridge became a separate parish, the transferred area contained 135 acres. [9] The parish was historically in the Roborough hundred. [10]

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