Knowstone
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thumb|200px|St Peter's Church, Knowstone Knowstone is a village and civil parish situated in the North Devon district of Devon, England, halfway between the Mid Devon town of Tiverton, Devon and the North Devon town of South Molton. The hamlet of East Knowstone lies due east of the village. Knowstone was the birthplace of Admiral Sir John Berry (1635–1691), second son of Rev. Daniel Berry (1609–1654), vicar of Knowstone cum Molland. An elaborate mural monument erected by Sir John in 1684 to the memory of his parents survives in Molland Church.
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- North Devon
- Region
- England
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- United Kingdom
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- Population
- 226
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15 sectionsContents
- History
- Historic estates
- Domesday Book
- Mediaeval period
- Beaple
- Shapcott
- Shapcott family
- Monument of James Courtenay (d.1683) at Meshaw
- Wadham
- St Peter's Church, Knowstone
- Culme monument
- Shapcote monument
- Notable residents
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thumb|200px|St Peter's Church, Knowstone Knowstone is a village and civil parish situated in the North Devon district of Devon, England, halfway between the Mid Devon town of Tiverton, Devon and the North Devon town of South Molton. The hamlet of East Knowstone lies due east of the village. Knowstone was the birthplace of Admiral Sir John Berry (1635–1691), second son of Rev. Daniel Berry (1609–1654), vicar of Knowstone cum Molland. An elaborate mural monument erected by Sir John in 1684 to the memory of his parents survives in Molland Church.
The village lies on the route of the Two Moors Way and Celtic Way Exmoor Option.
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