Kentisbeare

Kentisbeare is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. Its nearest town is Cullompton.

In the 17th century the manor of Kentisbeare was owned by Sir John Wyndham (1558–1645) of Orchard Wyndham, Somerset. In 1810 it was owned by his descendant Hon. Percy Charles Wyndham (1757-1833), MP, 2nd son of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, who also owned the manor of Blackborough where in 1838 George Wyndham, 4th Earl of Egremont (d.1845) built a palatial villa, known as Blackborough House. The 4th Earl built Kentisbeare House in 1841, to the designs of J. T. Knowles, for his relative the rector of Kentisbeare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentisbeare

Kentisbeare Parish Council

https://www.kentisbeare.net/parish-council 

Lockdown Necessities

https://www.middevon.gov.uk/residents/national-lockdown-support-for-communities-and-businesses/community-support-across-mid-devon/directory-of-community-support-groups/ 

Weather

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gcj9s7564 (Uffculme)

OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Kentisbeare#map=14/50.8655/-3.3252 

Devon County Council Map Viewer

Information on Devon's environment has been mapped on our Environment Viewer. These maps give access to spatial (geographic) data for Devon on a wide range of topics.

http://map.devon.gov.uk/dccviewer/?bm=Aerial2015Onwards&layers=Public%20Access;-1&activeTab=Public Access&extent=303081;105098;313294;111560

Genuki

GENUKI provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland. It is a non-commercial service, maintained by a charitable trust and a group of volunteers.

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Kentisbeare 

Tithe Map

The tithe maps and apportionments are an important source of information about the history and topography of a parish. They provide details of land ownership and occupation, and the type of cultivation of the land, and are often the earliest complete maps of parishes. 

https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/kentisbeare/ 

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