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Coordinates: 50°30'33?N 3°36'55?W? / ?50.5092, -3.6152
Abbotskerswell is a village in the English county of Devon. It is located two miles south of the town of Newton Abbot, 7 miles from the seaside resort of Torquay and 32 miles from the city of Plymouth.
[edit] About the village
In the Domesday Book Abbotskerswell was called Carsuella and was held by the abbot of Horton, Dorset. The name kerswell means cress spring.[1] In 1086 it had a population of less than one hundred. By 2001 the population had risen to 1515.[2]
The village of Abbotskerswell is surrounded by fields.
The village has several listed buildings, a small shop, hair salon, post office and two pubs. The Court Farm Inn was previously a farm, and was converted to a pub in the 20th century when the old Tradesmans Arms closed. The other pub is the older Butchers Arms, which was originally a smithy.
The village has a Church dedicated to St. Mary, which was affected by the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the reign of Henry VIII. Old treasures, particularly a large badly-damaged medieval statue assumed to be of the Virgin and Child,[3] have been found within the church, and work has been undertaken to restore them.
Abbotskerswell developed around the growing of apples for cider making. Old Philpott's House is an old-time cider making facility (pound house) and has been making Devon cider since 1666.
The village hosts the annual "Abbfest" Beer and Food Festival which celebrates Devon food and drink.[4]
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[edit] References
- , Eilert Ekwall (1981). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names. Oxford [Eng.]: OUP. ISBN 0 19 869103 3.
- , Devon County Council census statistics Retrieved 7 February 2007
- , Bridget Cherry & Nikolaus Pevsner (1989). The Buildings of England - Devon. Harmondsworth [Eng.]: Penguin. ISBN 0 14 071050 7.
- , Abbotskerswell Beer and Food Festival website Retrieved 7 February 2007
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