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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