Staverton, Devon
{{Short description|Village in Devon, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
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|static_image_caption= Staverton parish churchyard
|country= England
|region= South West England
|shire_county= Devon
|shire_district= South Hams
|civil_parish= Staverton
|official_name= Staverton
|population = 717
|population_ref = (2001 Census)
|os_grid_reference= SX7963
|coordinates = {{coord|50.4667|-3.7|display=inline,title}}
|constituency_westminster= Totnes
|post_town= TOTNES
|postcode_area= TQ
|postcode_district= TQ9
|dial_code= 01803
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Staverton is a village and civil parish in the South Hams of Devon, England consisting of 297 households and a population of 717 (total parish).[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790363 Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : South Hams] Retrieved 27 January 2010
There is one pub, The Sea Trout, which is in the centre of the village. The village also has a public phone box, multiple notice boards and two post boxes.
Parish church
Staverton's Church of England parish church of St Paul de Leon is mostly early 14th century. It has a nave and north and south aisles and a thin west tower. The medieval windows have been replaced by ones of a later period. Features of interest include the rood screen (much restored), the 18th-century pulpit, and a monument to the family of Worth, 1629.{{sfn|Pevsner|1952|p=269}}
Historic estates
The parish of Staverton contains various historic estates including:
Transport
There are two stops of the South Devon Railway Trust within the village boundary: Staverton railway station and Nappers Halt. Staverton railway station is next to Staverton Bridge, which crosses the River Dart and was probably built around 1413. It is considered to be one of the best examples of medieval bridges surviving in Devon. "Seven obtusely pointed arches; one of the oldest Devon bridges".{{sfn|Pevsner|1952|p=270}} The bridge's name was adopted for the folk group formed in the 1970s by Sam Richards, Tish Stubbs and Paul Wilson.{{cite web
|url=http://folktrax-archive.org/menus/cassprogs/144staverton.htm
|title=FTX-144 FOLK AT FOXHOLE Richards, Wilson & Stubbs
|publisher=folktrax-archive.org
|access-date=2011-01-28}}{{cite web
|url=http://devontradition.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=79
|title=Paul Wilson: Biography
|publisher=DevonTradition.org
|access-date=2011-01-28}}Staverton Bridge – Staverton Bridge (1975). Saydisc SDL 266 {{AllMusic|album|r1074347|Track listing}}
Village Band
Staverton is home to a village band: The Stavertones.{{Cite web|url=http://www.staverton.org/events/party-in-the-park-at-staverton-playing-field/|title=Party in the Park at Staverton Playing Field {{!}} Welcome to Staverton & Landscove in Devon|website=www.staverton.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-07-04}} A Nonet, the band plays a hip blend of funky fusion, Jammin' Jazz and pop.
With a Facebook page liked by over 141 people, a good proportion of the population of the village, the band is a prominent fixture in village life.
Notable people
- George Caunter, baptised in Staverton in 1758, was Acting Superintendent of Penang (then Prince of Wales Island), as well as holding a number of other posts in the administration of the island.England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.{{cite book|author=Marcus Langdon|title=Penang: The Fourth Presidency of India. 1805-1830. Volume One: Ships, Men and Mansions|year=2013|publisher=Areca Books|pages=216–221}} The Caunter family lived at Abham, a tenement in Staverton, for several generations.{{cite book|author=F. Lyde Caunter|title=Caunter Family History|url=https://archive.org/details/caunterfamilyrec00caun/mode/2up|year=1930|publisher=Solicitors' Law Stationery Society|pages=62}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book |last=Hoskins |first=W. G. |author-link=William George Hoskins |year=1954 |title=Devon |series=A New Survey of England |place=London |publisher=Collins }}
- {{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |author-link1=Nikolaus Pevsner |year=1952 |title=South Devon |series=The Buildings of England |place=Harmondsworth |publisher=Penguin Books }}
External links
{{Commons category|Staverton, Devon}}
- [http://www.staverton.com/HISTORY/HISTORY.HTM Staverton's history]
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{{South Hams parishes}}
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