23-466: Westleigh can refer to: Places [ edit ] Westleigh, Mid Devon , England Westleigh, North Devon , England Westleigh, Greater Manchester , England Westleigh, New South Wales , Australia Other uses [ edit ] Westleigh railway station , Greater Manchester, England See also [ edit ] West Leigh , Albemarle County, Virginia, United States Topics referred to by
46-476: A boy to nearby Uffculme Free School, founded in 1701 by Nicholas Ayshford who endowed it with £47 per annum. Today the trustees of the Ayshford Educational Foundation (Registered Number 306659) award grants to students aged over 18 in further and higher education who are residents of the parishes of Burlescombe, Holcombe Rogus or Uffculme. The parish church dedicated to St Mary is chiefly of
69-556: A privy counceller both of England Ireland. She dyed the 23th (sic) yeare of her age Anno D (omi) ni 1635 June 13.o" Ayshford is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Aiseforda . It is recorded even earlier in a charter dated 958. The manor house is now split into two residences. The main historic house was built by the Ashford/Ayshford family in about 1500 with major additions in the 16th and 17th centuries. The parlour wing
92-457: A station known as "Tiverton Road" was opened to serve the town. This station was renamed " Tiverton Junction " on 12 June 1848 when the Tiverton branch line was opened to a station in the town itself. By the 1980s the branch to Tiverton had closed and Tiverton Junction station only saw a couple of trains in each direction each day so a decision was taken to relocate the station a short distance to
115-442: A ticket office and a shop selling newspapers, drinks and snacks. This is the platform for trains towards London Paddington , Bristol Temple Meads and the north. Access to the platform for trains towards Exeter, Plymouth and Penzance is over a ramped footbridge. The buildings on this platform are two large metal and glass waiting shelters. A cycleway crosses the line on this footbridge and allows access on foot or cycle from
138-504: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Westleigh, Mid Devon Burlescombe ( / b ə r ˈ l ɛ s k ə m / , bur- LES -kəm ) is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon , England. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Holcombe Rogus , Culmstock , Uffculme , Halberton and Sampford Peverell . According to
161-471: The lord of the manor was Edward Ayshford Sandford, Esq., in which year much of the parish belonged to the heirs of Sir William Follett, namely R. H. Clarke Esq, Henry Dunsford Esq., and other freeholders As part of the construction of the Grand Western Canal in about 1810, several bridges and culverts were constructed at Burlescombe. Limestone of superior quality abounded in the locality and in
184-497: The ... day of January 1610 in the 76th year of his age) You that passe by this tombe stand still awhile; and with youre tongues and teares the tym begueil; to see soe good a man betr(ayed?) to dust; and not cause why save that hee was rightjust; the Church and churchmen was his cheife delight; to other thinges hee scarse hadd appetite; or if he had twas like himself twas rare; so zeallus all his recreativs weare; hee wisht and wanted tym which
207-464: The 19th century great quantities of it were sent off by canal and railway. Burlescombe railway station was opened by the Bristol and Exeter Railway in 1867. A siding on the west side served the railway's nearby ballast quarry at Westleigh. Both the station and siding are now closed. The parish includes Tiverton Parkway railway station , which was opened in 1986. In 1872 the parish was entitled to send
230-546: The 2001 census it had a population of 911. The village is about 5 miles (8.0 km) south west of Wellington in Somerset. The ruins of the 12th century Canonsleigh Abbey are nearby. Burlescombe is part of the electoral ward of Canonsleigh. The population of this ward was 3,218 at the 2011 Census . The parish was formerly divided into four tithings and hamlets: the Town Tithing, Appledore, Westleigh and Ayshford . In 1872
253-503: The black and red glazed floor tiles, also belongs. It contains several monuments to the Ayshford family. [REDACTED] Media related to Burlescombe at Wikimedia Commons Tiverton Parkway railway station Tiverton Parkway railway station is on the Bristol to Exeter line in Devon , England. Despite being named after the town of Tiverton, it is actually located a short distance from
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#1732854594605276-478: The east side. The main line services through Tiverton are provided by two operators: The trains of both operators continue beyond Tiverton Parkway to serve stations onwards into Devon and Cornwall, including Exeter St Davids , Plymouth , Paignton and Penzance . There are regular daily bus services to Tiverton and Cullompton on service 373 from outside the station building and is operated by Stagecoach South West . In addition to being situated close to
299-544: The east, close to the motorway junction where traffic from Barnstaple and Ilfracombe from the A361 joined. Tiverton Junction closed on 11 May 1986 but the new station, Tiverton Parkway, was opened the following day by David Mitchell MP , the Minister of Transport at the time. It was built by British Rail on the site of the former Sampford Peverell railway station that had closed on 5 October 1964. An additional car park for
322-484: The former manor of the Ayshford family, next to the manor house which survives, stands a 15th-century chapel of ease. It consists of a rectangular aisle-less block containing a nave and chancel. It is considered to be large for a private chapel in Devon. The wagon-roof and carved oak chancel screen are 15th-century. The screen was re-painted in the 19th century, to which period the furniture, consisting of utilitarian oak pews and
345-582: The junction of the M5 motorway and the A361 North Devon link road , the National Cycle Network Route 3 ( Bristol to Land's End ) passes through the station and provides a safe and quiet route to local towns. The proximity of the station to the motorway - and the relative inaccessibility of Exeter St Davids station in the city of Exeter - means that it is often used as the 'coach exchange' when
368-414: The manor of Wembdon. There is a mural monument to Elizabeth Wilmot (d.1635) Burlescombe Church. Text incised on slate tablet on monument: "To the memory of Elizabeth Ayshford wife of Arthur Ayshford eldest sonne of Henry Ayshford Esquier only daughter of the right honourable Charles Lord Wilmot Viscount of Atllone (i.e. Athlone, d.1644) late general of his majesties forces in the kingdome of Ireland now
391-453: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Westleigh . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westleigh&oldid=993412724 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
414-488: The station was opened in late 2007 as the original car park was too small when FGW increased the services to the station. The additional car park is situated alongside (but not accessed by) the A361 road and requires a short walk to the station, while the original is alongside the platform. The main entrance and a large car park are on the west side of the station, where a single-storey brick building at platform level incorporates
437-586: The time of Henry VII (1485–1509) and was renovated in 1843. It contains a beautiful ancient rood-screen , and fine monuments of the Ayshford family. The parish church was renovated in 1843 when new carved oak pews and stained glass windows were added and the heraldic blazonry on the screen was re-painted. In the church there is a mural monument to Roger Ayshford (d.1610). It bears the inscription: " In mortem et memoriam Regery Aysheforde armigery epitaphium obiit ... die Januarii anno 1610 anno aetatis suee 76 (An epitaph in death and memory of Roger Ayshford Esq. who died
460-461: The village of Sampford Peverell , 6 miles (9.7 km) to the east of Tiverton , and close to the junction of the M5 motorway with the A361 North Devon link road . It is 177 miles (285 km) from the zero point at London Paddington via Bristol Temple Meads . The station is operated by Great Western Railway and is also served by CrossCountry trains. The Bristol and Exeter Railway opened on 1 May 1844 but it ran south of Tiverton, so
483-435: Was his son Tristram. His father was Sir Thomas Michell KB(1514–1539) who on 13 December 1539 at his home called Gurney Street (or Gurney Manor ), Cannington, murdered his wife and her sister Eleanor, wife of George Sydenham of Chilworthy, near Ilminster, before committing suicide. Above her head are shown the arms of Michell: Per chevron gules and sable, a chevron between three swans argent The Michell family were lords of
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#1732854594605506-421: Was probably built by Roger Ayshford (d.1610) and the plasterwork was probably commissioned by Arthur Ayshford. The owners at the time of the listing of the building in 1966 possessed a transcript of a 1689 inventory which showed the great wealth of the Ayshford family at that time. Mention was made of a "painted chamber". Ayshford Court, with its chapel and farmbuildings form an attractive group of buildings. On
529-514: Was wi(th?)stoode; not to lyve longe but to doe more good; whearin though death hath crost hym yet heell have; his vertueus life survyve his marble grave". Sculpted opposite Roger is his wife Elizabeth Michell, daughter of Richard Michell (1524–1563) of Perry Court, in Wembdon parish, near Cannington , Somerset. Richard died at the Middle Temple , London, suggesting him to have been a lawyer; his heir
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