Tosberry

Tosberry
Tosberry  Tosberry shown within Devon
Population	7 [1]
OS grid reference	SS2621
District	Torridge
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bideford
Postcode district	EX39
Dialling code	01237
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Torridge and West Devon
List of places UK England Devon

Coordinates: 50°58′01″N 4°28′41″W / 50.967°N 4.478°W

Tosberry (alternate spelling Tosbury) is a hamlet in the parish of Hartland, Devon, England, United Kingdom. It is situated 2.6 miles South of Hartland; the parish village, 14.3 miles West of its post town Bideford, and 12.7 miles North of the nearest town Bude in Cornwall.^[2] The hamlet gives its name to a stretch of moorland to the south of its location, an area adjacent to Bursdon Moor, a site of special scientific interest.^[3]

History and Buildings

Aerial Photograph of East Tosberry Farm circa 1950s .

A round house is present at West Tosberry Farm, built adjacent to a barn that once housed a stationary threshing machine. The round house gave horses comfortable working conditions as they drove the machine by way of pulleys and belts. The building is still present today, although its use has changed. A carpentry and wheelwright was also present in the hamlet at Tosberry Grove, established at the turn of the twentieth century by William Walter, the son of Richard Walter, a local carpenter and wheelwright. William was a close friend of Thomas Cory Burrow, the editor of the Hartland Chronicle; the local newspaper at the time, and was also a founding member of Hartland Town Band.^[4]

References

1. No. of permanent residents as of Nov 2015 according to residents of settlement.
2. Ordnance Survey: Explorer Map Sheet 126 Clovelly & Hartland ISBN 9780319236970 and Explorer Map Sheet 111 Bude, Boscastle & Tintagel ISBN 9780319236963
3. "NE Bursdon Moor" (PDF).
4. Hartland - A Village in Time ISBN 0951875809