East Anstey
Village in Devon, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
East Anstey is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The parish is located in an area which has been designated as an area of 'Great Landscape Value'.[1] The village falls within the South Molton Deanery for ecclesiastical purposes.[2] The village has a Grade II listed church, the Church of St Michael, which has a 15th-century tower and south porch but which was largely rebuilt in 1871.[3]
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The name 'Anstey' is derived from the Old English word ‘an-stiga’ meaning ‘a hill pathway for one’.[4] East Anstey had a station on the old GWR Taunton - Barnstaple Victoria Road which closed in 1966. The station is now a private residence.
- Rev John Froude II (1777-1852), Vicar of Molland-cum-Knowstone, an extreme example of the "hunting parson".
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