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Burlescombe (pronounced "Burlescombe") is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 911.〔(Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Mid Devon'' ) Retrieved 29 January 2010〕 The village is about south west of Wellington in Somerset. The ruins of the 12th century Canonsleigh Abbey are nearby. ''Burlescombe'' is part of the electoral ward of Canonsleigh. The population of this ward was 3,218 at the 2011 Census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Canonsleigh ward 2011 )〕 ==History== The parish was formerly divided into four tithings and hamlets: the Town Tithing, Appledore, Westleigh and Ayshford. In 1872 the lord of the manor was Edward Ayshford Sandford, Esq., in which year much of the parish belonged to the heirs of Sir William Follett, namely R. H. Clarke Esq, Henry Dunsford Esq., and other freeholders〔〔(White's Directory, 1850 )〕 As part of the construction of the Grand Western Canal in about 1810, several bridges〔The bridges are: 〕 and culverts〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Images of England )〕 were constructed at Burlescombe. Limestone of superior quality abounded in the locality and in the 19th century great quantities of it were sent off by canal and railway.〔 Burlescombe railway station was opened by the Bristol and Exeter Railway in 1867. A siding on the west side served the railway's nearby ballast quarry at Westleigh. Both the station and siding are now closed. The parish includes Tiverton Parkway railway station, which was opened in 1986. In 1872 the parish was entitled to send a boy to nearby Uffculme Free School,〔 founded in 1701 by Nicholas Ayshford who endowed it with £47 per annum.〔The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson 2003〕 Today the trustees of the Ayshford Educational Foundation (Registered Number 306659) award grants averaging about £300 to students aged over 18 who are residents of the parishes of Burlescombe, Holcombe Rogus or Uffculme.〔(the Clerk to the Trustees, Eastbrook, Burlescombe )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burlescombe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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