Loxhore is a small village,

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and former manor in the

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in the county of

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, England. The parish, which lies about five miles north-east of the town of

Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The town lies at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool from ...

, is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of

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Bratton Fleming Bratton Fleming is a large village, civil parish and former manor in Devon, England, about north-east of Barnstaple and near the western edge of Exmoor. The parish includes the hamlets of Knightacott and Stowford. The population of the parish ...

and

Shirwell Shirwell is a village, civil parish and former manor in the local government district of North Devon, in the county of Devon, England. It was also formerly the name of a hundred of Devon. The village lies about 3.5 miles north-east of the town o ...

. In 2001 its population was 153, down from the 202 residents it had in 1901. The parish church, dedicated to St Michael, was built in the 15th century and

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in several stages from before 1844 to c. 1900. Despite the restoration it retains several notable features including its screen, two pillars of the north arcade which are of oak instead of the usual stone, a decorated 16th-century font cover, and monuments to the Hammond family. Other notable features in the parish are Roborough Castle, Cunnilear Camp (an Iron Age hill fort), a small

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on a hill with wide views, and the small house of Hill which has late medieval origins. The

Manor of Loxhore The Manor of Loxhore was a manor in the parish of Loxhore, North Devon, England. Descent of the manor de Meulles In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was a double manor, part of the historic Shirwell Hundred and was one of the 176 landholdings in ...

was once owned by the de Meulles and Beaumont families, whose main seat was at

Youlston Park Youlston Park, also known as Youlston House, is a privately-owned 17th-century mansion house situated at Shirwell, near Barnstaple, North Devon, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The parkland is Grade II listed in the National Register of ...

in the adjacent

parish.

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