Editing Christow

{{Short description|Village in Devon, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name= Christow
|static_image_name= Christow Village - geograph.org.uk - 18173.jpg
|static_image_caption= Cottages in the village of Christow
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|civil_parish= Christow
|shire_district= Teignbridge
|shire_county= [[Devon]]
|region= South West England
|country= England
|post_town= EXETER
|postcode_district= EX6
|postcode_area= EX
|dial_code= 01647
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|website= [http://www.christowparishcouncil.gov.uk/Christow-Pc/Default.aspx Christow Parish Council]
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'''Christow''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[Teignbridge]] district of [[Devon]], England. It is located {{convert|12|mi}} south-west of Exeter, in the [[River Teign|Teign Valley]], just off the B3193 road that links [[Chudleigh]] and [[Dunsford]]. Christow is on the eastern edge of [[Dartmoor]] [[National parks of England and Wales|National Park]].

==Manor==
The parish includes the [[tything]] of [[Canonteign]], where there are two notable historic houses. Canonteign Barton is a late Tudor stone house and a [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade I listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1097834 |grade=I |desc=Canonteign Barton |accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref> Canonteign House is a neo-classical building completed for Captain Pownoll Pellew, who in the last year of his life succeeded his father as [[Pownoll Pellew, 2nd Viscount Exmouth|Viscount Exmouth]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1333896 |grade=II  |desc=Canonteign House |accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref>{{sfn|Pevsner|Cherry|1989|p=243}}

==Parish church==

[[File:Christow Church - geograph.org.uk - 18174.jpg|thumb|Parish church of St James the Apostle]]

Christow's [[Church of England parish church]] of [[James, son of Zebedee|St James the Apostle]] has a 12th-century [[Norman architecture|Norman]] [[baptismal font]], but otherwise seems to be largely a 15th-century building.<ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE |num=1163790 |grade=I |desc=Church of Saint James the Apostle |accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref>

The west tower is a [[Gothic Revival architecture#Survival and revival|Gothic Survival]] addition of 1630{{sfn|Pevsner|Cherry|1989|p=261}} and has a [[Change ringing|ring]] of eight bells. John III and Christopher IV Pennington of [[Stoke Climsland]], Cornwall cast a ring of six bells for the tower in 1785. [[John Taylor & Co]] of [[Loughborough]], Leicestershire added a new treble and second bell in 1973, increasing the ring to eight.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Christow&Submit=+Go+&DoveID=CHRISTOW |title=Christow S James |last=Scott |first=John |date=11 July 2010 |work=[[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers]] |publisher=[[Central Council for Church Bell Ringers]] |access-date=2 August 2017}}</ref>

Inside the church are monuments including two to Admiral [[Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth]] and his son the 2nd Viscount, both of whom died in 1833.{{sfn|Pevsner|Cherry|1989|p=261}} The church was [[Victorian restoration|restored]] in 1862 to designs by the architect [[Edward Ashworth]]. It is a [[Grade I listed]] building.<ref name=NHLE/>

==Railway==
The [[Teign Valley line|Teign Valley Railway]] was built from {{rws|Heathfield|Devon}} to Christow in 1882, but [[Christow railway station]] was not opened until 1903 when the line was extended to [[Exeter St Thomas railway station|Exeter]]. The line was closed to passenger trains in 1958 and freight in 1961.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Holman |first1=Dave |title=Station name: Christow |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/christow/index.shtml |access-date=30 July 2024 |website=Disused-stations.org |date=17 May 2017}} </ref>

==Notable former residents==
As well as the Viscounts Exmouth, Christow was the home of Lady daughter of the 1st Viscount. She was the wife of Admiral Sir [[Lawrence Halsted]], died in 1835 and is buried at Christow. [[Arthur Marshall (broadcaster)|Arthur Marshall]] (1910–89) lived in Christow in later life, and fictionalised the village as "Appleton". The adventurers [[The Turner Twins]] (born 1988) grew up in Christow parish.

==Amenities==
Christow has a pub, the Artichoke Inn,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://theartichokeinn.co.uk/ |title=The Artichoke Inn of Christow |access-date=2 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803021540/https://theartichokeinn.co.uk/ |archive-date=3 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> that was built in or before the 17th century.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1097806 |grade=II  |desc=The Artichoke and cottage adjoining at east |accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref> The village also a community primary school <ref>[http://www.christowschool.co.uk/ Christow Community Primary School]</ref> and a Community Hall with tennis courts and a skate park. There is also a GPs' practice<ref>[http://www.cheritonbishoppractice.co.uk/ Cheriton Bishop and Teign Valley Practice]</ref> and Gidley's Meadow, a small industrial estate.
On the 5th of November 2024, a local shop, named the Christow Community Shop, was opened.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yxe4w7jveo.amp | title=New shop opens after community effort in Christow, Devon | date=5 November 2024 }}</ref> It sells essential goods and local produce.

==References==
===Citations===
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===Sources===
* {{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |author-link1=Nikolaus Pevsner |last2=Cherry |first2=Bridget |author2-link=Bridget Cherry |year=1989 |orig-year=1952 |title=Devon |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |place=Harmondsworth |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=0-14-071050-7 |pages=243, 261 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Christow}}
*[http://www.christowparishcouncil.gov.uk/Christow-Pc/Default.aspx Christow Parish Council]
*{{cite web |url= http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Christow/ |title=Christow |work=[[GENUKI]]}}

{{Devon parishes|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:Civil parishes in Devon]]
[[Category:Villages in Devon]]