arlington court is a mansion and estate in north devon, now the property of the national trust. until 1949 it belonged to a remarkable woman, rosalie chichester, whose family had been seated there for four hundred years. ... bypassing most towns as we wound our way through delightfully small villages -- exbourne, monkokehampton, iddesleigh -- with their cottages, sometimes thatched, that seem little changed in half a century. the very placenames are a joy: inwardleigh, ...
Roborough High Bickington Burrington Ashreigney Wikleigh Broadwoodkelly Monkokehampton Hatherleigh Highampton Sheepwash And so on! At one a week, that should take about five months! Who said genealogy is for the faint of heart?
... then proceeded, not along the main roads but through the lanes of devon, bypassing most towns as we wound our way through delightfully small villages -- exbourne, monkokehampton, iddesleigh -- with their cottages, sometimes thatched ...
