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Beaford

Village and civil parish in Devon, England

Field	Value
name	Beaford
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	St George and All Saints, Beaford - geograph.org.uk - 1411996.jpg
image_caption	Beaford parish church
pushpin_map	Devon#UK
pushpin_label_position	left
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	England
subdivision_type1	County
subdivision_name1	Devon
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Torridge
unit_pref	Metric
area_urban_footnotes
area_rural_footnotes
area_metro_footnotes
population_as_of	2001
population_total	393
population_density_km2	auto
area_codes
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tags -- Beaford is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England. The village is about five miles south-east of Great Torrington, on the A3124 road towards Exeter. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 393, compared to 428 in 1901.{{Cite book |access-date=20 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102183100/http://www.devon.gov.uk/devon_districts_2002_.pdf |archive-date=2 November 2013 |url-status=dead

The parish church, which is in the village, is dedicated to All Saints, though before the Reformation it was dedicated to St George.{{cite book

Greenwarren House in the village is the former home of Beaford Arts, the country's longest established rural arts centre. It is now a private family house.{{cite web |access-date=29 November 2013}}

Beaford House was host to some of the Great Train Robbers, who are understood to have buried more than £200,000 of the stolen money in nearby woods.

Beaford used to have a cricket team which competed in division 2 of the North Devon League. It has now folded.

Historic estates

Within the parish, the estates of Upcott, Warham and Woodleigh (otherwise known as Woolleigh or Wooleigh) were once important.

Woolleigh was the seat of the Mallet family until the death of Robert Mallet. His widow was Elizabeth Rolle (a daughter of the wealthy George Rolle (died 1552) of Stevenstone near Great Torrington) who remarried to Sir John Acland (died 1620) of Columb John. During Elizabeth's lifetime the couple resided at Woolleigh. Sir John Acland's nephew Sir Arthur Acland (died 1610) married Eleanor Mallet, the daughter and heir of Robert Mallet, and thus Wooleigh passed into the Acland family, The present farmhouse incorporates part of the mediaeval manor house, a garderobe with its original door and retains remains of a 15th-century family chapel.

References

Sources

Vivian, Lt. Col. J. L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon, Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620. Exeter, 1895.

References

"Daily Express".
(25 July 2013). "North Devon Cricket League Round-Up". North Devon Journal.
Vivian, p. 545, Mallet of Idsleigh; as visible on monument to Sir Arthur Acland (died 1610) in [[Landkey]] Church
"Wooleigh Barton". Mallett Family History.
Vivian, pp. 3–8, pedigree of Acland, p. 4
[[John Prince (biographer). Prince, John]], (1643–1723) ''The Worthies of Devon'', 1810 edition, pp. 1–6 biography of Sir John Acland, p. 2
later of [[Killerton]]. The son and heir of [[Sir Hugh Acland, 5th Baronet]] (died 1713) was John Acland (died 1703) who lived at Wooleigh whilst his father lived at Killerton.Vivian, p. 5 "John Acland of Wooleigh"; Acland, Anne. ''A Devon Family: The Story of the Aclands.'' London and Chichester: Phillimore, 1981, p. 13
[[Nikolaus Pevsner. Pevsner, Nikolaus]] & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p. 161

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