Brandis Corner is a hamlet on the
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civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of
Holsworthy
Holsworthy is a market town and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England, west of Exeter. The River Deer, a tributary of the River Tamar, forms the western boundary of the parish, which includes the village of Brandis Corner. ...
in
Devon
Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...
, England.
In the Cornish dialect, a ''brandis'' is a three-legged stool made of iron, or a three-cornered rest used for a kettle. In Devonshire, the name has been used for places shaped like this article e.g. Brandis Corner, and Brandis Lane near Crediton (Source: p336 in ''Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall'' Volume IX 1886-1889 - published in 1889.)
Villages in Devon
{{Devon-geo-stub, The Bickford Arms Inn=The Bickford Arms Inn is an eleven bed hotel and pub which sits at the Brandis Corner Junction. It was originally part of the Dunsland Estate owned by the Bickford family since the time of the Norman Conquest. The current building is a recreation of the coaching inn which burned to the ground in 2003.