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Sheepstor is a village and civil parish on the western side of Dartmoor in the county of Devon, England. In 2001 its population was 53, down from 95 in 1901. For administrative purposes the parish is grouped with the parishes of Meavy and Walkhampton to form Burrator Parish Council,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Burrator Parish Council )〕 and for electoral purposes it is grouped with the same two parishes to form Burrator Ward.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 2473 )〕 Burrator Reservoir, constructed in 1898, is to the north of the village and forms part of the northern boundary of the parish.〔 The name ''Sheepstor'' has evolved considerably since the first reference to a settlement here which was recorded in a pipe roll of 1168 as ''Sitelestorra''. In a document of 1262 it was ''Skytelestor'', ''Shittestorre'' in 1474, ''Shistor'' in 1547 and in c. 1620 Tristram Risdon called it ''Shetelstor now Shepstor''. The name probably derives from the Old English ''scyttel(s)'' meaning a bar or bolt, reflecting the shape of the nearby Sheeps Tor.〔 ==Sheepstor Church== The village church, dedicated to St Leonard, is built of granite and dates from the 15th century,〔 though a chapelry was first documented here in 1240.〔 The church contains a fine rood screen which was reconstructed in 1914 by the then vicar Hugh Breton from drawings made of the original that had been removed in a 19th century restoration.〔 Buried in the churchyard are James Brooke, Charles Brooke and Charles Vyner Brooke, the three White Rajahs of Sarawak, as well as Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke, another member of the family. The graves of the Rajahs have been designated Grade II listed monuments by English Heritage. There are currently six bells in the church tower, five of which were cast in 1769, with a sixth hung in 1904; one of the older bells has inscribed on it the words 'I call the quick to church and the dead to grave'. A local legend tells that the bell ropes of the church were once tied together and lowered into Crazywell Pool, 3.6 km to the north east of Sheepstor, in order to determine the depth. According to the legend the ropes descended as much as 90 fathoms without reaching the bottom, causing people to believe the pool is bottomless. The church has been renovated several times, the most thorough of which was in 1861 at a cost of £590.〔 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「Sheepstor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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