Huntshaw

Huntshaw
St Mary Magdalene's Church
Huntshaw Location within Devon
Population	134 (2011 UK Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SS 50551 22859
District	Torridge
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Torrington
Postcode district	EX38
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western

Huntshaw is a village and civil parish located 2.5 north north east of Great Torrington,^[2] in the Torridge district, in the county of Devon, England.

In 2011 the population of the civil parish of Huntshaw was 134,^[1] although it was 143 in 1901 and 212 in 1801, Huntshaw was in the Fremington hundred.^[3]

The parish church of St Mary Magdalene^[4] is Grade II* Listed.^[5] There is a mast in Huntshaw called Huntshaw Cross transmitting station.

Other features in Huntshaw include Huntshaw Barton,^[6] Berry Castle^[7] and Huntshaw Mill Bridge which is Grade II listed, although some of it is in Weare Giffard CP.^[8]

History

The name "Huntshaw" means 'Hun's wood' or 'honey wood',^[9] possibly because of the sweetness of the water or swarms of bees in the nearby woods.^[10] Huntshaw was recorded in the Domesday Book as Huneseue.^[11][12]

References

1. "Huntshaw Parish - Local Area Report". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
2. "History of Huntshaw, in Torridge and Devon | Map and description". Visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
3. "Huntshaw". Devon.gov.uk. 14 May 2010. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
4. "St Mary Magdalene Church of England, Huntshaw, Devon genealogy". GENUKI. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
5. Good Stuff IT Services (4 October 1960). "Church of St Mary Magdalene - Huntshaw - Devon - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
6. "North Devon B&B Bed and Breakfast Farmhouse Accommodation - nr Barnstaple, Torrington and Bideford". Huntshawbarton.com. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
7. Historic England. "Berry Castle (33126)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 26 January 2019.
8. Good Stuff IT Services (19 October 1988). "Huntshaw Mill Bridge (that Part in Huntshaw Cp) - Weare Giffard - Devon - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
9. "Huntshaw Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
10. "History of Huntshaw". Huntshawbarton.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
11. "The Domesday Book Online - Devonshire F-H".
12. "DocumentsOnline | Image Details". The National Archives. Retrieved 16 June 2011.