| Frithelstock | |
|---|---|
 The parish church, the Priory ruins and, on the right, the rectory | |
  Frithelstock Location within Devon | |
| OS grid reference | SS4619 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Torrington |
| Postcode district | EX38 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Frithelstock (pronounced Frizzlestock) is a village, civil parish and former manor in Devon, England. It is located within Torridge local authority area and formed part of the historic Shebbear hundred. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Monkleigh, Great Torrington, Little Torrington, Langtree and Buckland Brewer.[1] In 2001 its population was 366, down from 429 in 1901.[2]
The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Frithulac's Stocc.[3] The ruins of Frithelstock Priory are adjacent to the north east side of the parish church of St Mary and St Gregory, and represent the only substantial remains of a monastic house in Devon.[4]
As of 2013 the village had one public house, the Clinton Arms, which since closed in 2018. The parish church of St. Mary & St. Gregory was enlarged in the 15th century and underwent a Victorian restoration in about 1870.[2]
- ^ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ a b Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 72. ISBN 1-84114-314-6.
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, Oxford, 1981
- ^ Hoskins, W. G. (1972). A New Survey of England: Devon (New ed.). London: Collins. pp. 399–400. ISBN 0-7153-5577-5.