West Anstey is a village and

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 ...

on the River Yeo, about 5 miles west of

Dulverton Dulverton is a town and civil parish in west Somerset, England, near the border with Devon. The town had a population of 1,408 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the hamlets of Battleton and Ashwick which is located approximately north w ...

, in the

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district, in the county of

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, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 163. The parish touches

Molland Molland is a small village, civil parish, dual Civil parishes in England, ecclesiastical parish with Knowstone, located in the foothills of Exmoor in Devon, England. It lies within the North Devon local government district. At the time of the ...

East Anstey East Anstey is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The parish is located in an area which has been designated as an area of 'Great Landscape Value'. The village falls within the Sou ...

and Withypool and Hawkridge.

Features

There are 26 listed buildings in West Anstey, In 1881 it had its own postman and school.

History

Anstey was recorded in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

as ''Anestinge''. The name "Anstey" probably means 'steep narrow footpath'. Alternative names for West Anstey are "Anstey West" and "Anstey". The parish was historically in the

South Molton South Molton is a town and civil parish in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. The town is on the River Mole. In 2021 it had a population of 6225. South Molton is a market town trading mostly in sheep and cattle. There wa ...

hundred.

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