Ashreigney
{{Short description|Village in Devon, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|static_image_name = Ashreigney Church - geograph.org.uk - 171279.jpg
|static_image_caption=St James' church
|coordinates = {{coord|50.906|-3.951|type:city_region:GB-DEV|display=inline,title}}
|official_name =Ashreigney
|population =
|shire_district= Torridge
|shire_county= Devon
|metropolitan_borough=
|metropolitan_county =
|region=South West England
|constituency_westminster= Torridge and West Devon
|post_town= Chulmleigh
|postcode_district = EX18
|postcode_area= EX
|dial_code=
|os_grid_reference= SS6213
}}
Ashreigney is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England, about {{Convert | 15 | mi}} south of the town of Barnstaple. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 446, compared to 540 in 1901.{{Cite book | last = Harris| first = Helen | title = A Handbook of Devon Parishes | publisher = Halsgrove| location = Tiverton| year = 2004 | page = 9| isbn = 1-84114-314-6}}
The church is mostly fifteenth century and has a medieval font. The village was recorded in the Domesday Book.[http://www.haughton.net/domesdaybookplaces_a3.htm "The Domesday Book Index"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723142637/http://www.haughton.net/domesdaybookplaces_a3.htm |date=July 23, 2011 }}, Haughton.net. Retrieved 4 November 2007
Within the parish is the small settlement of Riddlecombe, which was a medieval manor.
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Ashreigney}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522125049/http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/100360/1.html Devon Local Studies - Ashreigney community page]
- [http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Ashreigney Genuki Ashreigney page]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090512160403/http://www.ashreigneyparish.co.uk/ Ashreigney parish website]
- {{OpenDomesday|SS6213|ashreigney|Ashreigney}}
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