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Lifton
Lifton
	Arundell Arms, Lifton
	Lifton Location within Devon
Population	1,180
OS grid reference	SX386851
District	West Devon;
Shire county	Devon;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LIFTON
Postcode district	PL16
Dialling code	01566
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Torridge and West Devon;
	List of places UK England Devon 50°38′35″N 4°16′56″W / 50.6431°N 4.2821°W

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Lifton is a village and civil parish in Devon, South West England near the confluence of the rivers Wolf and Lyd, 1¼ miles south of the A30 trunk road and very near the border between Devon and Cornwall. The village is part of the electoral ward of Thrushel. The population of the surrounding Thrushel ward (which includes the village of Thrushelton to the east of Lifton) at the 2011 census was 1680.^[2]

History

The village was one of the first in the west of Devon to be founded by the Saxons, and was of strategic importance because of its location on a major route close to the border with Cornwall. It was first recorded as Liwtune in the will of King Alfred in the late 9th century^[3] when it was left to his youngest son Æthelweard (c.880-922).

At a meeting of the Witan in Lifton on 12 November 931 King Æthelstan granted land to his thegn Wulfgar, and the charter was witnessed by King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth and King Idwal Foel of Gwynedd.^[4]

Lifton became the centre of an administrative hundred, and was a royal manor, passing into private hands when sold by Queen Elizabeth I to local landowner William Harris of Hayne in the parish of Stowford, Devon, in the late 16th century. Since they had moved here from Kenegie in Cornwall their armorial bearings include a motto in Cornish, which is "Car Dew tres pub tra" ("Love God above everything").^[5] A former inn at Portgate, the Harris Arms, named after the family, is now a private residence

There has been a church in Lifton since Norman times, although little of the existing St Mary's Church is earlier than the 15th century.^[3] In 1755 the manor was inherited by the Arundell family.^[6] The Arundell Arms is a hotel, formerly a coaching inn known as the "White Horse", which is known today for fishing.

Agriculture and mining have supported the economy in the past. The dairy company, Ambrosia, has been based here since 1917. Started as a milk factory using supplies from dairy farms in the area, it produced dried milk during the Second World War. The site has been enlarged considerably and the firm is now an important local employer.^[6]

Lifton railway station on the South Devon and Tavistock Railway opened on 1 June 1865. The main building was on the platform used by trains towards Plymouth but there was a loop and second platform to allow trains to pass. There was a level crossing at the west end of the station.

The goods yard was on the same side as the buildings but a private siding was opened in 1894 to serve a corn mill, and a factory was opened in the goods yard in 1917 that handled milk, and later made "Ambrosia" rice pudding. Passenger trains and public goods traffic ceased on 31 December 1962 but the line to Lydford was retained to carry the trains from the milk factory but this closed on 28 February 1966.^[7]

The village was bypassed by the A30 in 1993,^[6] and today, unusually for such a small place, Lifton is a post town and has several youth football teams. It also has the 1st Lifton Sea Scouts.

Historic estates

Lifton Park

A country house called Lifton Park was built by William Arundel in 1805 and was the centre of the Lifton estate.^[8] Frederick Stockdale said of the house "very delightfully situated and commands an interesting prospect of the town of Launceston with its ancient castle, indeed no expense seems to have been spared to render the surrounding plantations containing about 8,000 acres."^[9]

During the Second World War, a boys' preparatory school called Moffatt's was evacuated to the house from Hertfordshire (actor Dudley Sutton was one of the pupils),^[10] and shortly after the war the house was severely damaged by fire. The west wing has since been restored, but most of the former house still stands in ruins. Part of the park is an arboretum. The two entrances to the park still have lodges dating from the Victorian era.^[8]

Wortham

The manor of Wortham, in the parish of Lifton, was long a seat of the Dynham family, a junior branch descended from the Anglo-Norman magnate Baron Dynham. The early 16th century manor house survives, today the property of the Landmark Trust.

Gatherleigh

Gatherleigh in the parish of Lifton was the seat of the Hunkin family, of whom prominent members were Joseph Hunkin (1610-1661)^[11] Governor of Scilly between 1651 and 1660; Joseph Hunkin (1887-1950), born in Truro, Cornwall, the 8th Bishop of Truro from 1935 to 1950. His monument in Truro Cathedral displays the arms of Hunkin of Gatherleigh, namely: Argent, a mascle sable over all a fess of the last.^[12]

References and notes

^ Lifton is made up of three output areas in the Thrushel ward http://www.ukcensusdata.com/thrushel-e05003658#sthash.QZN5NqJa.dpbs
^ "Thrushel ward 2011". Retrieved 17 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b History of Lifton website Archived 2011-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
^ Foot, Sarah (2011). Æthelstan: The First King of England. Yale University Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-300-12535-1.
^ Quoted from the Cornish medieval play of the Passion, translated by Charles Henderson in: Henderson, Charles (1935) "Cornish inns", in: Essays in Cornish History; ed. by A. L. Rowse and M. I. Henderson. London: Oxford U. P.; pp. 168-71
^ ^a ^b ^c Lifton Village Trail^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Oakley, Mike (2007). Devon Railway Stations. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press. ISBN 978-1-904349-55-6.^{[page needed]}
^ ^a ^b Lifton Park at parksandgardens.org, accessed 4 October 2016
^ Frederick Stockdale, MS papers for proposed history of Devon, c. 1826-1855, at Devon and Exeter Institution Library
^ John Neale, Discovering the River Tamar, p. 65
^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.493
^ Vivian, p.493

External links

[1] Lifton is made up of three output areas in the Thrushel ward http://www.ukcensusdata.com/thrushel-e05003658#sthash.QZN5NqJa.dpbs

[2] "Thrushel ward 2011". Retrieved 17 February 2015.

[lifton-3] History of Lifton website Archived 2011-02-26 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Foot, Sarah (2011). Æthelstan: The First King of England. Yale University Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-300-12535-1.

[5] Quoted from the Cornish medieval play of the Passion, translated by Charles Henderson in: Henderson, Charles (1935) "Cornish inns", in: Essays in Cornish History; ed. by A. L. Rowse and M. I. Henderson. London: Oxford U. P.; pp. 168-71

[trail-6] Lifton Village Trail^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[oakley-7] Oakley, Mike (2007). Devon Railway Stations. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press. ISBN 978-1-904349-55-6.^{[page needed]}

[gardens-8] Lifton Park at parksandgardens.org, accessed 4 October 2016

[9] Frederick Stockdale, MS papers for proposed history of Devon, c. 1826-1855, at Devon and Exeter Institution Library

[10] John Neale, Discovering the River Tamar, p. 65

[11] Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.493

[12] Vivian, p.493

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-'''Lifton''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[Devon]], [[South West England]] near the [[confluence (geography)|confluence]] of the rivers [[River Wolf|Wolf]] and [[River Lyd (Devon)|Lyd]], 1¼ miles south of the [[A30 road|A30]] trunk road and very near the border between Devon and [[Cornwall]]. The village is part of the [[electoral ward]] of Thrushel. The population of the surrounding Thrushel ward (which includes the village of Thrushelton to the east of Lifton) at the 2011 [[census]] was 1680.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/thrushel-e05003658#sthash.QZN5NqJa.dpbs|title=Thrushel ward 2011|accessdate= 17 February 2015}}</ref>
+'''Lifton''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[Devon]], [[South West England]] near the [[confluence (geography)|confluence]] of the rivers [[River Wolf|Wolf]] and [[River Lyd (Devon)|Lyd]], 1¼ miles south of the [[A30 road|A30]] trunk road and very near the border between Devon and [[Cornwall]]. The village is part of the [[electoral ward]] of Thrushel. The population of the surrounding Thrushel ward (which includes the village of Thrushelton to the east of Lifton) at the 2011 [[census]] was 1680.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/thrushel-e05003658#sthash.QZN5NqJa.dpbs|title=Thrushel ward 2011|access-date= 17 February 2015}}</ref>
 ==History==
-The village was one of the first in the west of Devon to be founded by the [[Saxons]], and was of strategic importance because of its location on a major route close to the border with Cornwall. It was first recorded as ''Liwtune'' in the will of [[King Alfred]] in the late 9th century<ref name="lifton" /> when it was left to his youngest son [[Aethelweard (son of Alfred)|Aethelweard]] (c.880-922).
+The village was one of the first in the west of Devon to be founded by the [[Saxons]], and was of strategic importance because of its location on a major route close to the border with Cornwall. It was first recorded as ''Liwtune'' in the will of [[King Alfred]] in the late 9th century<ref name="lifton" /> when it was left to his youngest son [[Æthelweard (son of Alfred)|Æthelweard]] (c.880-922).
 At a meeting of the [[Witan]] in Lifton on 12 November 931 King [[Æthelstan]] granted land to his [[thegn]] Wulfgar, and the charter was witnessed by King [[Hywel Dda]] of [[Deheubarth]] and King [[Idwal Foel]] of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Foot | first = Sarah |  title=Æthelstan: The First King of England|publisher=Yale University Press| page=85|year = 2011 |isbn= 978-0-300-12535-1}}</ref>
-Lifton became the centre of an administrative [[Hundred (county subdivision)|hundred]], and was a royal manor, passing into private hands when sold by [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] to local landowner William Harris of Hayne in the parish of [[Stowford]], Devon, in the late 16th century. Since they had moved here from Kenegie in Cornwall their armorial bearings include a motto in Cornish, which is "Car Dew tres pub tra" ("Love God above everything").<ref>Quoted from the Cornish medieval play of the Passion, translated by [[Charles Henderson (historian)|Charles Henderson]] in: Henderson, Charles (1935) "Cornish inns", in: ''Essays in Cornish History''; ed. by [[A. L. Rowse]] and M. I. Henderson. London: Oxford U. P.; pp. 168-71</ref> An inn at Portgate, the Harris Arms, is named after the family.
+Lifton became the centre of an administrative [[Hundred (county subdivision)|hundred]], and was a royal manor, passing into private hands when sold by [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] to local landowner William Harris of Hayne in the parish of [[Stowford]], Devon, in the late 16th century. Since they had moved here from Kenegie in Cornwall their armorial bearings include a motto in Cornish, which is "Car Dew tres pub tra" ("Love God above everything").<ref>Quoted from the Cornish medieval play of the Passion, translated by [[Charles Henderson (historian)|Charles Henderson]] in: Henderson, Charles (1935) "Cornish inns", in: ''Essays in Cornish History''; ed. by [[A. L. Rowse]] and M. I. Henderson. London: Oxford U. P.; pp. 168-71</ref> A former inn at Portgate, the Harris Arms, named after the family, is now a private residence
 There has been a church in Lifton since [[Normans|Norman]] times, although little of the existing St Mary's Church is earlier than the 15th century.<ref name="lifton">[http://www.liftondevon.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2 History of Lifton website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226035226/http://www.liftondevon.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2 |date=2011-02-26 }}</ref> In 1755 the manor was inherited by the Arundell family.<ref name="trail"/> The Arundell Arms is a hotel, formerly a coaching inn known as the "White Horse", which is known today for fishing.
-Agriculture and mining have supported the economy in the past. The dairy company, [[Ambrosia (food)|Ambrosia]], has been based here since 1917. Started as a milk factory using supplies from dairy farms in the area, it produced dried milk during the [[Second World War]]. The site has been enlarged considerably and the firm is now an important local employer.<ref name="trail">[http://www.liftondevon.co.uk/images/documents/LiftonVillageTrail07.pdf Lifton Village Trail]</ref>
+Agriculture and mining have supported the economy in the past. The dairy company, [[Ambrosia (food)|Ambrosia]], has been based here since 1917. Started as a milk factory using supplies from dairy farms in the area, it produced dried milk during the [[Second World War]]. The site has been enlarged considerably and the firm is now an important local employer.<ref name="trail">[http://www.liftondevon.co.uk/images/documents/LiftonVillageTrail07.pdf Lifton Village Trail]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
 [[Lifton railway station]] on the [[South Devon and Tavistock Railway]] opened on 1 June 1865. The main building was on the platform used by trains towards Plymouth but there was a loop and second platform to allow trains to pass. There was a [[level crossing]] at the west end of the station.
-The goods yard was on the same side as the buildings but a private siding was opened in 1894 to serve a corn mill, and a factory was opened in the goods yard in 1917 that handled milk and made "Ambrosia" [[rice pudding]]. Passenger trains and public goods traffic ceased on 31 December 1962 but the line to Lydford was retained to carry the trains from the milk factory but this closed on 28 February 1966.<ref name = oakley>{{cite book| first=Mike| last=Oakley| title=Devon Railway Stations| publisher=The Dovecote Press| location=Wimborne| year=2007| isbn=978-1-904349-55-6}}{{page needed|date=February 2015}}</ref>
+The goods yard was on the same side as the buildings but a private siding was opened in 1894 to serve a corn mill, and a factory was opened in the goods yard in 1917 that handled milk, and later made "Ambrosia" [[rice pudding]]. Passenger trains and public goods traffic ceased on 31 December 1962 but the line to Lydford was retained to carry the trains from the milk factory but this closed on 28 February 1966.<ref name = oakley>{{cite book| first=Mike| last=Oakley| title=Devon Railway Stations| publisher=The Dovecote Press| location=Wimborne| year=2007| isbn=978-1-904349-55-6}}{{page needed|date=February 2015}}</ref>
-The village was [[bypass (road)|bypass]]ed by the A30 in 1993,<ref name="trail"/> and today, unusually for such a small place, Lifton is a [[post town]] and has several youth football teams.{{cn|date=February 2013}}It also has the 1st Lifton Sea Scouts.
+The village was [[bypass (road)|bypass]]ed by the A30 in 1993,<ref name="trail"/> and today, unusually for such a small place, Lifton is a [[post town]] and has several youth football teams. It also has the 1st Lifton Sea Scouts.
 ==Historic estates==
 ===Lifton Park===
-A [[English country house|country house]] called Lifton Park was built by William Arundel in 1805 and was the centre of the Lifton estate.<ref name=gardens>[http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/4367?preview=1 Lifton Park] at parksandgardens.org, accessed 4 October 2016</ref> Frederick Stockdale said of the house "very delightfully situated and commands an interesting prospect of the town of Launceston with its ancient castle, indeed no expense seems to have been spared to render the surrounding plantations containing about 8,000 acres."<ref>Frederick Stockdale, MS papers for proposed history of Devon, c. 1826-1855, at Devon and Exeter Institution Library</ref> During the [[Second World War]], a boys' preparatory school called Moffatt's was evacuated to the house from Hertfordshire,( the future film Actor [[ Dudley Sutton ]] was one of the pupils ) , <ref>John Neale, ''Discovering the River Tamar'', p. 65</ref> and shortly after the war the house was severely damaged by fire. The west wing has since been restored, but most of the former house still stands in ruins. Part of the park is an [[arboretum]]. The two entrances to the park still have lodges dating from the [[Victorian era]].<ref name=gardens/>
+A [[English country house|country house]] called Lifton Park was built by William Arundel in 1805 and was the centre of the Lifton estate.<ref name=gardens>[http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/4367?preview=1 Lifton Park] at parksandgardens.org, accessed 4 October 2016</ref> Frederick Stockdale said of the house "very delightfully situated and commands an interesting prospect of the town of Launceston with its ancient castle, indeed no expense seems to have been spared to render the surrounding plantations containing about 8,000 acres."<ref>Frederick Stockdale, MS papers for proposed history of Devon, c. 1826-1855, at Devon and Exeter Institution Library</ref>
+During the [[Second World War]], a boys' preparatory school called Moffatt's was evacuated to the house from [[Hertfordshire]] (actor [[Dudley Sutton]] was one of the pupils),<ref>John Neale, ''Discovering the River Tamar'', p. 65</ref> and shortly after the war the house was severely damaged by fire. The west wing has since been restored, but most of the former house still stands in ruins. Part of the park is an [[arboretum]]. The two entrances to the park still have lodges dating from the [[Victorian era]].<ref name=gardens/>
 ===Wortham===
 {{main|Wortham, Lifton}}
-The [[manor]] of [[Wortham, Lifton|Wortham]], in the parish of Lifton, was long a seat of the Dynham family, a junior branch descended from the Anglo-Norman magnate [[Baron Dynham]]. The early 16th century [[manor house]] survives, today the property of the [[Landmark Trust]].
+The [[Manorialism|manor]] of [[Wortham, Lifton|Wortham]], in the parish of Lifton, was long a seat of the Dynham family, a junior branch descended from the Anglo-Norman magnate [[Baron Dynham]]. The early 16th century [[manor house]] survives, today the property of the [[Landmark Trust]].
 ===Gatherleigh===
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 *[http://www.liftonpc.org.uk/ Lifton Parish Council Website]
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110224193611/http://www.liftondevon.co.uk/ Lifton community website]
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 [[Category:Villages in Devon]]
+[[Category:Civil parishes in Devon]]