Monkokehampton Explained

Official Name:Monkokehampton
Static Image:Monkokehampton post office, Devon - geograph.org.uk - 1532454.jpg
Static Image Caption:Monkokehampton Post Office in 1995
Coordinates:50.8311°N -4.0144°W
Area Total Km2:4.6258
Population:139
Population Ref:(2011)
Os Grid Reference:SS582054
Civil Parish:Monkokehampton
Shire District:West Devon
Shire County:Devon
Region:South West England
Country:England
Post Town:WINKLEIGH
Postcode Area:EX
Postcode District:EX19
Dial Code:01837
Constituency Westminster:Central Devon

Monkokehampton is a village and civil parish in West Devon, England. The village lies on the River Okement, about 3miles east-north-east of Hatherleigh.[1] The parish is bounded by Hatherleigh, Exbourne, Broadwoodkelly and Iddesleigh,[2] and had a population of 139 at the 2011 Census.

Alternative names for Monkokehampton are "Monk Okehampton", "Okehampton" and "Okehampton Monk".[3]

Features

There are 16 listed buildings in Monkokehampton.[4] Monkokehampton has a church called All Saints.[5]

History

Monkokehampton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Monuchementone/Monacochamentona.[6] Monk Okehampton once belonged to Glastonbury Abbey.[7] The parish was historically in the Black Torrington hundred.[8] On the 25th of March 1885 Barntown, Upcott, and Lewersland were transferred from the parish of Monk Okehampton to the parish of Broadwood Kelly. The transferred area contained two houses in 1891.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History of Monk Okehampton in West Devon - Map and description . . 28 February 2019.
  2. Web site: Monkokehampton . . 28 February 2019.
  3. Web site: History of Monk Okehampton in West Devon - Place names . . 28 February 2019.
  4. Web site: Listed Buildings in Monkokehampton, West Devon, Devon . British Listed Buildings . 28 February 2019.
  5. Web site: All Saints, Monkokehampton . . 27 July 2020.
  6. Web site: Devonshire M-R . The Domesday Book Online . 28 February 2019.
  7. Book: Ekwall, Eilert . 1960 . The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names . Clarendon Press . 348 . 0198691033 . 28 February 2019.
  8. Web site: The Hundreds of Devon . . 28 February 2019.
  9. Web site: Monk Okehampton AP/CP through time . . 1 March 2019.