Calverleigh

This article is about the village in Devon. For the village in West Yorkshire, see Calverley.

Calverleigh
St Mary the Virgin church, Calverleigh
Calverleigh Location within Devon
Civil parish	Loxbeare
District	Mid Devon
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom

Calverleigh (anciently Calwoodleigh)[1] is a village and former civil parish and manor, now in the parish of Loxbeare, in the Mid Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is situated 2 miles north-west of Tiverton. The parish church is dedicated to St Mary.[2] The resident lords of the manor were for many generations the Calwoodleigh family.[3] In 1881, the parish had a population of 83.[4] On 25 March 1885, the parish was abolished and merged with Loxbeare.[5]

Calverleigh Court

The manor house called Calverleigh Court is situated to the west of the parish church and was rebuilt in 1844–5 by Joseph Chichester Nagle to the design of George Wightwick (1802–1872) of Plymouth.[6]

References

1. "Calverleigh".
2. Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.243
3. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.132, pedigree of Calwoodleigh of Calwoodleigh
4. "Population statistics Calverleigh AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
5. "Tiverton Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
6. Pevsner, p.243