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Bigbury

Village and civil parish in south Devon, England

Summary

Village and civil parish in south Devon, England

Field	Value
official_name	Bigbury
civil_parish	Bigbury
country	England
region	South West England
coordinates
shire_district	South Hams
shire_county	Devon
hide_services	Yes
population	582
population_ref	(2001 census)
static_image	The Royal Oak Inn, Bigbury.jpg
static_image_caption	Royal Oak Inn

Bigbury is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 582, compared to 260 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 village of Bigbury has a and is near the coastal village of Bigbury-on-Sea, just offshore of which is Burgh Island. The parish also includes the eastern part of the small bay and beach at Challaborough.

History

In 1086 the parish was recorded as Bicheberie in the ancient hundred of Alleriga. When Alleriga Hundred was partitioned, Bigbury parish became part of Ermington Hundred. Bigbury's church, dedicated to St Lawrence, is partly early 14th century and partly as rebuilt by J. D. Sedding in 1872. Apart from the western tower topped by a spire very little is obviously medieval. The two monumental brasses are early 15th century. The baptismal font, sedilia and piscina are early 14th century, while the lectern and pulpit date from the following century. Both the lectern and pulpit were moved here from Ashburton church: the lectern is attributed to Thomas Prideaux and thought to be a donation of the Bishop of Exeter ca. 1510-15.

References

"Parish population 2011".
[http://opendomesday.org/place/SX6646/bigbury/ Open Domesday Online: Bigbury], accessed December 2017.
Pevsner, N. (1952) ''South Devon''. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 52

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