Woolfardisworthy (/ˈwʊlzəri/ WUUL-zər-ee), also spelled Woolsery,[3] is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England. The village is accessible via the A39 road, 2 miles (3 km) from the village.
Woolfardisworthy
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| Village | |
 All Hallows' Church | |
  Woolfardisworthy Location within Devon | |
| Population | 1,123 [1] |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bideford |
| Postcode district | EX39 |
| Dialling code | 01237 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Name
editWoolfardisworthy, jointly with a few other places in Devon, has one of the longest place names in England, with 16 letters. As the modern pronunciation of the village, known to have been in use since the 17th century, is /ˈwʊlzəri/, its name is sometimes marked on local signs as Woolsery alongside the original spelling.[4]
The original meaning of the name is probably "Wulfheard's homestead" – the element -worthy being from Old English worþig, one of several words used by the Anglo-Saxons to denote a homestead, farmstead or small settlement.[5]
All Hallows Church
editIn the parish church dedicated to All Hallows is the large monument with effigy to Richard Cole (d.1614) of Buckish within the parish, also of Slade in the parish of Cornworthy, Devon. It is a Grade 1 British Listed Building.[6]
Organisations
editThe Centre for Fortean Zoology is based here.
References
edit- ^ Census 2001; Parish Headcounts
- ^ "Woolsery Parish Council - Home". WPC.
- ^ Pointon, Graham, ed. (1990). BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 264. ISBN 0-19-282745-6.
- ^ Padel, O. J. (1999). "Place-names". In Kain, Roger; Ravenhill, William (eds.). Historical Atlas of South-West England. Exeter: University of Exeter Press. pp. 88–9. ISBN 0-85989-434-7.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert, ed. (1960). Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19869-103-3.
- ^ "Church of All Hallows, Woolfardisworthy, Devon". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Listing NGR: SS3322121085. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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External links
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