Woolfardisworthy, Torridge

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Woolfardisworthy
  • Woolsery
Holy Trinity Church, Woolfardisworthy.jpg
All Hallows' Church
Woolfardisworthy is located in Devon
Woolfardisworthy
Woolfardisworthy
Location within Devon
Population1,123 [1]
Civil parish
District
  • Torridge
Shire county
  • Devon
Region
  • South West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBideford
Postcode districtEX39
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Devon
50°57′53″N 4°22′37″W / 50.96472°N 4.37694°W / 50.96472; -4.37694Coordinates: 50°57′53″N 4°22′37″W / 50.96472°N 4.37694°W / 50.96472; -4.37694

Woolfardisworthy is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district in the English county of Devon. The village is accessible via the A39 road, 2 miles (3 km) from the village.

Name[]

The name of the village is a local curiosity, as its pronunciation (and occasional spelling) differs from what one might expect. On local signs, the village is sometimes marked as Woolsery alongside the original name. This is due to the pronunciation of the village's name being /ˈwʊlzəri/. The name also provides evidence for the power of the written word in conserving place-names: the shortened pronunciation is known to have been in use since the 17th century.[3]

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names (Eilert Ekwall, 4th ed., 1960), the origin of the name is probably "Wulfheard's homestead". The element "worthy" is from Old English worþig, one of several words used by the Anglo-Saxons to denote a homestead, farmstead or small settlement.

All Hallows Church[]

In the parish church dedicated to All Hallows is the large monument with effigy to Richard Cole (d.1614) of Buckish within the parish, also of Slade in the parish of Cornworthy, Devon. It is a Grade 1 British Listed Building.[4]

Organisations[]

The Centre for Fortean Zoology is based here.

References[]

  1. ^ Census 2001; Parish Headcounts
  2. ^ https://www.woolseryparishcouncil.org.uk/
  3. ^ Padel, O. J. (1999). "Place-names". In Kain, Roger; Ravenhill, William (eds.). Historical Atlas of South-West England. Exeter: University of Exeter Press. pp. 88–9. ISBN 0-85989-434-7.
  4. ^ "Church of All Hallows, Woolfardisworthy, Devon". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Listing NGR: SS3322121085. Retrieved 9 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

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