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    Whiddon is an historic estate in the parish of Chagford in Devon, England. The manor house, now known as Whiddon Park House, survives as a remnant of the...
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    Bench under Queen Elizabeth I, purchased the manor of Chagford, built a new manor house at Whiddon, part of which survives today, and built a deer park...
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    Whyddon Doune in 1535 and as Whiddon Downe in 1661, it is named after its medieval landowners, the Whiddon family of nearby Chagford. There have been scattered...
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    Sir John Whiddon (died 27 January 1576) of Whiddon in the parish of Chagford in Devon, was a Justice of the Queen's Bench from 4 October 1553 to his death...
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    Oliver Whiddon was Archdeacon of Totnes between 1568 and 1580. He was the third son of Sir John Whiddon (died 1576), of Whiddon in the parish of Chagford, Devon...
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    field argent; Vivian, p. 574 azure Pole, p. 220 The Newcombe family of Chagford & Exeter, Peter R. Newcombe, 2005–17 [17] See: Passmore, Alfred E., The...
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    to be [citation needed] the shooting of Mary Whiddon on her wedding day at the parish church of Chagford, Devon, in the 17th century. Unlike the heroine...
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    born circa 1588 in or near Chagford in Devon. In the 16th century the prominent Endecott family, together with the Whiddons, Knapmans and Lethbridges,...
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    nearby villages and settlements include Hatherleigh, North Tawton, Whiddon Down, Chagford, Bratton Clovelly, Lydford, Folly Gate, Southcott, Northlew, Jacobstowe...
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    Drewsteignton, Dunsford, Bridford, Bovey Tracey, Lustleigh, North Bovey and Chagford. At the 2011 census the population of the parish was 1,703, and Moorland...
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