Brendon, Devon

Brendon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brendon and Countisbury, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is close to the border with Somerset within the Exmoor National Park, the village is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Lynton and 15 miles (24 km) west of Minehead in the East Lyn Valley. It is located just off the A39 and is on two long distance footpaths, the Coleridge Way and the Samaritans Way South West. The Church of St Brendon is 2 mi (3.2 km) from the village and was built in 1738, possibly with building material brought from another site. In 2001 the parish had a population of 159.

The Church of St. Brendon was built in 1738, possibly using the stones from the original church at Cheriton. It lies midway between Cheriton and Brendon, about two miles (3 km) from each, and has a tower and four bells. The church was further restored in the nineteenth century and houses a Norman font. There is a sundial above the porch dated 1707.^[1]

The village is located just off the A39, the parish of Brendon is roughly square in shape and is defined by the East Lyn River to the north, the Hoaroak Water to the west and the Badgworthy Water to the east; a tributary of the latter, the Hoccombe Water defines part of its southern boundary. Brendon Common occupies a part of the moorland area which characterises the south of the parish. Badgeworthy Water is crossed by the 17th century packhorseMalmsmead Bridge.^[2][3][4]

The name contains two Old English place-name elements, the first – from brom – referring to the plant broom and the second – from dun – which tends to signify a fairly extensive and flat hill or upland expanse.^[5] It is recorded in the Domesday Book as Brandone. It is not connected with the Brendon Hills in Somerset, the name of which has a different origin.^[6]

El directorio de White sobre Devonshire (1850) describe a Brendon de la siguiente manera:

Un pequeño pueblo situado a 2,4 km al sureste de Lynton y a 24 km al oeste de Minehead, en un pintoresco valle del río Lyn, cuenta con una parroquia de 271 habitantes y 2720 hectáreas de terreno, incluyendo la aldea de Leeford y una extensa zona de páramo en la frontera con Somersetshire, donde nacen los ríos Exe, Lyn y Barle. F. W. Knight, Esq., es el señor feudal, propietario de la mayor parte del terreno y patrón de la rectoría, valorada en 1831 en 148 libras esterlinas. El reverendo T. Roe de Oare, Somerset, es el párroco y posee 57 acres, 2 roods y 22 perches de tierras parroquiales. La casa parroquial es una pequeña cabaña, y la iglesia [San Brendon] es una antigua construcción con torre y 4 campanas. ^{[ 1 ]}

Brendon es sede del Festival Folclórico de Exmoor, ^{[ 7 ]} y se encuentra en la ruta del Coleridge Way y del Samaritans Way South West .

El 1 de abril de 2013, la parroquia fue abolida y fusionada con Countisbury para formar "Brendon y Countisbury". ^{[ 8 ]}

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  La posada de los cazadores de ciervos
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  El río East Lyn
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  Ciervos en la ladera sobre Brendon

• Valle de Brendon