Sampford Spiney

Sampford Spiney is a village and civil parish in the Walkham valley, about 4 miles east south east of Tavistock, in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 117. The parish includes the hamlet of Woodtown. The parish borders Walkhampton, Whitchurch and Horrabridge.

Features

There are 26 listed buildings in Sampford Spiney, of which the church is Grade I listed.

History

Sampford Spiney was recorded in the Domesday Book as Sandford/''Sandforda''. The name "Sampford" means 'Sandy ford', with the "Spiney" part being a family name of which the Spiney family held Sampford Spiney in the 13th century. On the 1st of October 1950 Horrabridge became a separate parish, the transferred area contained 135 acres. The parish was historically in the Roborough hundred.