Frithelstock is a civil parish

Civil parish

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 and settlement in Devon

Devon

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, England

England

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. It is located within Torridge local authority area and formed part of Shebbear Hundred. In 2001 the population of the parish was 366. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Frithulac's Stocc.

The Lord of the Manor of Frithelstock is Robert Titherley of Titherley in Hampshire whose family can be traced back to the earliest Frithelstock parish records dated circa 1530. The Titherleys held land in the manor of Frithelstock and had commercial interests in the area for several hundred years, two Titherleys having been Mayors of Torrington in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Today, the village has one public house

Public house

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, the Clinton Arms. The church (St. Mary & St. Gregory) was enlarged in the 15th century and partially restored

Victorian restoration

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 in about 1870. The ruins of Frithelstock Priory

Frithelstock Priory

Frithelstock Priory was founded in about 1220 at Frithelstock, Devon, England, by Sir Robert de Beauchamp for Augustinian Canons Regular, as an indulgence to ensure intercessions for the repose of his soul...

are nearby.