Staverton, Devon

Staverton is a village and civil parish in the South Hams of Devon, England consisting of 297 households and a population of 717 (total parish).^[1]

Staverton
Staverton parish churchyard
Staverton Location within Devon
Population	717 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SX7963
Civil parish	Staverton
District	South Hams
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TOTNES
Postcode district	TQ9
Dialling code	01803
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Totnes
List of places UK England Devon 50.4667°N 3.7°W / 50.4667; -3.7

There is one pub, The Sea Trout, which is in the centre of the village. The village also has a public phone box, multiple notice boards and two post boxes.

Parish church

Staverton's Church of England parish church of St Paul de Leon is mostly early 14th century. It has a nave and north and south aisles and a thin west tower. The medieval windows have been replaced by ones of a later period. Features of interest include the rood screen (much restored), the 18th-century pulpit, and a monument to the family of Worth, 1629.^[2]

Historic estates

The parish of Staverton contains various historic estates including:

• Kingston, long a seat of the Rowe family.^[3]

Transport

There are two stops of the South Devon Railway Trust within the village boundary: Staverton railway station and Nappers Halt. Staverton railway station is next to Staverton Bridge, which crosses the River Dart and was probably built around 1413. It is considered to be one of the best examples of medieval bridges surviving in Devon. "Seven obtusely pointed arches; one of the oldest Devon bridges".^[4] The bridge's name was adopted for the folk group formed in the 1970s by Sam Richards, Tish Stubbs and Paul Wilson.^[5][6][7]

Staverton Bridge

Village Band

Staverton is home to a village band: The Stavertones.^[8] A Nonet, the band plays a hip blend of funky fusion, Jammin' Jazz and pop.

With a Facebook page liked by over 141 people, a good proportion of the population of the village, the band is a prominent fixture in village life.

Notable people

• George Caunter, baptised in Staverton in 1758, was Acting Superintendent of Penang (then Prince of Wales Island), as well as holding a number of other posts in the administration of the island.^[9][10] The Caunter family lived at Abham, a tenement in Staverton, for several generations.^[11]

References

1. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : South Hams Retrieved 27 January 2010
2. Pevsner 1952, p. 269.
3. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.660, pedigree of Rowe of Kingston
4. Pevsner 1952, p. 270.
5. "FTX-144 FOLK AT FOXHOLE Richards, Wilson & Stubbs". folktrax-archive.org. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
6. "Paul Wilson: Biography". DevonTradition.org. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
7. Staverton Bridge – Staverton Bridge (1975). Saydisc SDL 266 Track listing at AllMusic
8. "Party in the Park at Staverton Playing Field | Welcome to Staverton & Landscove in Devon". www.staverton.org. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
9. England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
10. Marcus Langdon (2013). Penang: The Fourth Presidency of India. 1805-1830. Volume One: Ships, Men and Mansions. Areca Books. pp. 216–221.
11. F. Lyde Caunter (1930). Caunter Family History. Solicitors' Law Stationery Society. p. 62.

• Hoskins, W. G. (1954). Devon. A New Survey of England. London: Collins.
• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1952). South Devon. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.

External links

• Staverton's history