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Milton Damerel is a village parish made up of many tiny hamlets including Whitebeare, Strawberry Bank, East Wonford, and West Wonford, covering in the district of Torridge, North Devon on the river Waldon. The parish has a population of around 450 and is about from Holsworthy and from Bideford. Barnstaple lies some miles distant. The A388 is the main road through the parish. ==History== Milton Damerel's settlement dates back to Saxon times. Pre-Norman communities include: *Giddescotta or Gidcott. This was the farm or cott of a man named Gidde. *Mideltona or Middle Town, which became 'Milton'. *Wonforda or West Wonford. The original name meant, simply, the ford suitable for heavy wagons. When William the Conqueror arrived in England in 1066 he gave Milton and Gidcott and thirteen other manors in Devon, to a man named Robert de Alba Marla. West Wonford was initially granted, along with twenty-eight other manors in Devon, to a man named Ruald Adobed, but later passed back to the Crown. The name Alba Marla changed over the years to Albemarle and then to 'Damerel'. The manors remained in the family of the Damerels until the time of Edward II. In 1293 the second Hugh Courteney was declared heir on the death of the Countess of Albemarle; in 1335, he took the title of Earl of Devon, taking on the estates of the Damerels, including Milton Damerel.〔History of Milton Damerel http://www.miltondamerel.com/history.htm〕 In the 1870s, Richard Baker, tenant of the main farm, built a large house next to the church; in 1896 he got permission from Lord Stanhope to enclose the village green. 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「Milton Damerel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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