CLOVELLY
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CLOVELLY , a fishing village in the Barnstaple parliamentary division of Devonshire, England, i1 m. W.S.W. of Bideford. Pop. (1901) 621. It is a cluster of old-fashioned 'cottages in a unique position on the sides of a rocky cleft in the north coast ; its main street resembles a staircase which descends 400 ft. to the pier, too steeply to allow of any wheeled traffic . Thick woods shelter it on three sides, and render the climate so mild that fuchsias and other delicate plants flourish in midwinter. All Saints' church See Also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
, restored in 1866, is late Norman, containing several monuments to the Carys, lords of the manor for 600 years. The surrounding scenery is famous for its richness of colour, especially in the grounds of Cary Court , and along " The Hobby ," a road cut through the woods and overlooking the sea. Clovelly is described by Dickens in A Message from the Sea.
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