Buckerell

Village in Devon, England

Human settlement in England

Devon

Region

South West

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townHonitonPostcode districtEX14Dialling code01404Police Devon and Cornwall Fire Devon and Somerset Ambulance South Western UK Parliament

Tiverton and Honiton

List of places: UK; England; Devon

50°47′52″N 3°14′51″W / 50.7977°N 3.2476°W / 50.7977; -3.2476

Buckerell is a small village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England. The village is about 2.5 miles west of the nearest town, Honiton. In the 2001 census a population of 270 was recorded for the parish, which is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Awliscombe, Honiton, Gittisham, Feniton and Payhembury. ^[1]

History

The Church of St Mary and St Giles dates from the 13th or 14th century and has been designates as a Grade II* listed building.^[2] There is a richly-carved Chancel screen.^[3] There is a statue of Britannia by John Bacon, in memory of Admiral Samuel Graves and his wife.^[2]^[4]

References

^ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b Historic England. "Church of St Mary & St Giles (1333760)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
^ "Buckerell". Devon County Council. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
^ "Church". Buckerell Parish Council. Retrieved 12 July 2016.