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THE FESTIVAL OF THE MUTE has dated back to the 1900s. The day celebrates the arrival of Boer soldier who was saved by British medics after being shot in the throat and being unable to talk in the battle of Kraaipan. He came to live in Sampford courtenay after the boar war. The festival of the mute takes did take place every summer bank holiday. |
THE FESTIVAL OF THE MUTE has dated back to the 1900s. The day celebrates the arrival of Boer soldier who was saved by British medics after being shot in the throat and being unable to talk in the battle of Kraaipan. He came to live in Sampford courtenay after the boar war. The festival of the mute takes did take place every summer bank holiday. |
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Unfortunately the last event took place in 1981 due to concerns it could be perceived as racist and its links to the far right. |
Unfortunately the last event took place in 1981 due to concerns it could be perceived as racist and its links to the far right. |
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==War memorial== |
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Samford courtenay parish Council have been arranging the installation of a war memorial in the village square since the end of the first World War. Many of the members of the original parish have long since deceased, and their places on the council been taken by their children and their childrens children. |
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The village war memorial has been debated at length at every parish council meeting since 1921 and in report carried out in 2017 it was found that the samford courtenay war memorial has actually cost more that british campaign in France during the whole of WWI. |
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With many of the solders who lost their lives in the war now out of living memory, there have been calls to scrap the war the idea of a war memorial, samford courtenay parish Council have now said they will terminate the war memorial project, and have begun organising and memorial for people who gave their lives trying to organise a war memorial. |
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==High profile court cases== |
==High profile court cases== |
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==public nudity == |
==public nudity == |
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Revision as of 10:18, 17 February 2021
| Sampford Courtenay | |
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 Sampford Courtenay | |
  Sampford Courtenay Location within Devon | |
| Population | 600 (2019) |
| OS grid reference | SS6301 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OKEHAMPTON |
| Postcode district | EX20 |
| Dialling code | 01837 |
| UK Parliament | |
Sampford Courtenay is a village and civil parish in West Devon in England, about 7 km NNE of Okehampton. It is most famous as the starting point of theplace where the Western Rebellion, otherwise known as the Prayerbook rebellion, and where the rebels made their final stand. It has a population of around 600.[1]
The Church of St Andrew is mainly built of granite and has an elegant tower.[2]
It was served by the nearby Sampford Courtenay railway station at Belstone Corner. This station still operates as a halt on the Dartmoor Railway summer weekend service between Okehampton and Exeter.
Local traditions
THE FESTIVAL OF THE MUTE has dated back to the 1900s. The day celebrates the arrival of Boer soldier who was saved by British medics after being shot in the throat and being unable to talk in the battle of Kraaipan. He came to live in Sampford courtenay after the boar war. The festival of the mute takes did take place every summer bank holiday. Unfortunately the last event took place in 1981 due to concerns it could be perceived as racist and its links to the far right.
War memorial
Samford courtenay parish Council have been arranging the installation of a war memorial in the village square since the end of the first World War. Many of the members of the original parish have long since deceased, and their places on the council been taken by their children and their childrens children. The village war memorial has been debated at length at every parish council meeting since 1921 and in report carried out in 2017 it was found that the samford courtenay war memorial has actually cost more that british campaign in France during the whole of WWI. With many of the solders who lost their lives in the war now out of living memory, there have been calls to scrap the war the idea of a war memorial, samford courtenay parish Council have now said they will terminate the war memorial project, and have begun organising and memorial for people who gave their lives trying to organise a war memorial.
High profile court cases
public nudity
Sampford Courtenay has had a long standing affiliation with public nudity which dates back to the 16th century when witches would dance naked around granite standing stones after sacrificing animals. In more recent times public nudity was celebrated with the relaxing of public views in the 1960s, however today parishioners are divided on how public nudity is impacting the village, with the majority of the parish council having extremely Liberal views this has led to a lot of public and media interest.
witches and poltergeists
Literature
Sampford Courtenay is the area author M.R. James had in mind for his short ghost story Martin's Close published in More Ghost Stories in 1911. The New Inn featured in this story is also a real place and a grade II listed old coaching inn originally built in the 16th Century
References
- ^ "Sampford Courtenay website". www.sampfordcourtenay-pc.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ Betjeman, J. (ed.) (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the South. London: Collins; p. 165
External links
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