Shillingford, Devon

For Shillingford near Exeter, Devon, see Shillingford St. George.

Shillingford
Shillingford  Shillingford shown within Devon
OS grid reference	SS9806423881
Civil parish	Bampton
District	Mid Devon
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TIVERTON
Postcode district	EX16 9A
Dialling code	01398
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Tiverton and Honiton
List of places UK England Devon

Shillingford is a village two miles (3 km) northeast of Bampton on the River Batherm in Mid Devon, close to the border with West Somerset. It is near the Exe Valley.

Between 1826 and 1830, a turnpike road was constructed from Taunton to Bampton. This road later became the A361 (now the B3227), and is referred to by locals as the Wiveliscombe Road. Traffic levels on this road fell when the North Devon Link Road to Tiverton, from Junction 27 of the M5, was extended to Barnstaple in 1987, and was designated as the A361, with the old A361 being reclassified as the B3227.

Historically, the village had a post office, garage, chapel, saw-mill, water-mill and pub. Today, all of these have been sold off to private owners, with the garage closing in 2011 and the site scheduled for development as four homes. The village pub, The Barleycorn, reopened under new owners as the Barleycorn House Bed and Breakfast in 2006 with five bedrooms.

The Devon & Somerset Railway ran behind the village until its closure in 1966, with a link to the Exe Valley Railway running towards Tiverton and Exeter, branching off just beyond Morebath Junction Halt. Today, much of the track bed, along with bridges and other railway infrastructure, can be seen behind the village, and along the course of these lines.

The village is sometimes confused with places of the same name, like Shillingford St George in South Devon and Shillingford, Oxfordshire.

References

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=101931 http://www.itraveluk.co.uk/maps/england/1726/oxfordshire/shillingford.html

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Bampton.org - History of Bampton and surrounding area (incl. Shillingford)