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Dunchideock is a small civil parish on the north eastern slopes of the Haldon Hills in Teignbridge, Devon, England. It covers an area of 392 hectares (970 acres)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Brief Outline of the Parish )〕 and lies about south-west of Exeter and north-east of Bovey Tracey. The parish, with a population of 262 in 2001, lacks a compact village, but consists of scattered dwellings. The name ''Dunchideock'' is of Celtic origin. Recorded in Domesday as ''Donsedoc'', the two parts of the name derive from ''dun'' (fort) and ''coediog'' (wooded), which, according to W. G. Hoskins, refer to the nearby Iron Age hill fort of Cotley Castle, though the Roman fort at , near Ide, is closer. The parish church is dedicated to St Michael and is Grade I listed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Church of St Michael, Biddypark Lane, Dunchideock )〕 It originated in 1308 at the latest, but the present church building, built of red sandstone, was started in the late 14th century. It has been partially rebuilt and restored many times.〔 There is a good font dated to around 1400, some notable carved bench-ends, roof-bosses and rood-screen; and several memorials, most notably to Aaron Baker, who rebuilt the chancel aisle in 1669, and Stringer Lawrence.〔 The theological writer Bourchier Wrey Savile was rector of Dunchideock with Shillingford St. George from 1872 to his death in 1888.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Cambridge Alumni Database )〕 Within the parish was the former Haldon House which was the home of Sir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet. Mostly demolished in the 1920s, the remaining wing is now the Best Western "Lord Haldon Hotel". Also in the parish is Haldon Belvedere, a triangular tower on top of Haldon that was built by Palk in 1788 in memory of his friend General Stringer Lawrence.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Haldon Belvedere (Lawrence Castle) - Brief History )〕 Archie Winckworth, the former owner of Dunchideock House, posted a memoir about the village and its history, including an account of its buried treasure. The cellars of Dunchideock House are fancifully supposed to contain a treacle mine. ==References== 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「Dunchideock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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