Clannaborough

Clannaborough is a parish in the county of Devon, England, situated about 5+1⁄2 miles north-west of the town of Crediton and 11 miles north-east of Okehampton. No village exists, only scattered farmhouses, including Clannaborough Barton and the bartons of Appledore and Walson, all three estates listed in the Domesday Book of 1066.^[1] Walson was the birthplace of Christopher Lethbridge (d.1670), Mayor of Exeter in 1660, who was lord of the manor of nearby Bow (alias Nymet Tracy).^[2] The parish church is dedicated to St Petrock.^[3]

References

^ Hoskins, W.G., A New Survey of England: Devon, London, 1959 (first published 1954), p.369
^ Prince, John, (1643–1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, London, pp.564-5, biography of Lethbridge, Christopher, p.564
^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.266

50°48′32″N 3°46′46″W / 50.8089°N 3.7794°W / 50.8089; -3.7794

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[1] Hoskins, W.G., A New Survey of England: Devon, London, 1959 (first published 1954), p.369

[2] Prince, John, (1643–1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, London, pp.564-5, biography of Lethbridge, Christopher, p.564

[3] Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.266

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