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Cockington

Cockington is a village in Torquay

Torquay

Torquay is a town in the unitary authority of Torbay and ceremonial county of Devon, England. It lies 16 miles south of Exeter along the A380 road on the north of Torbay, 38 miles north-east of Plymouth and adjoins the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay....
in the English

England

Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
. It is a picturesque village, with old cottages within its boudaries. It is about a half a mile away from Torquay.

History
The village was probably founded 2,500 years ago during the Iron Age

Iron Age

In archaeology, the Iron Age was the stage in the development of any people in which tools and weapons whose main ingredient was iron were prominent....
, with evidence of two hill fort

Hill fort

A hill fort is type of fortification refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age and Iron Ages....
s on either side of Cockington valley. Little is known about Cockington, from that point up until the remains of a small Saxon

Anglo-Saxons

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Cockington is a village in Torquay

Torquay

England

Devon

History

The village was probably founded 2,500 years ago during the Iron Age

Iron Age

In archaeology, the Iron Age was the stage in the development of any people in which tools and weapons whose main ingredient was iron were prominent....
, with evidence of two hill fort

Hill fort

Anglo-Saxons

Anglo-Saxons is the term usually used to describe the invading tribes in the south and east of Great Britain starting from the early 5th century AD, and their creation of the English nation, lasting until the Norman conquest of England of 1066....
village were found near the Drum Inn. The evidence from this village shows that it was primarily a fishing and farming village. The first official documentation of the village was in the 10th century. The manor was owned by Alric the Saxon, before William Hostiarus, William de Falesia and Robert FitzMartin, who passed it down to his son Roger, who renounced his name to become Roger de Cockington. The Cockington family owned Cockington Estate from 1048-1348. The Cary family owned the court from 1375 to 1654. It was then sold to the Mallock family, a family of rich silversmith

Silversmith

A silversmith is a person who works primarily making objects in solid silver; historically the training and guild organization of goldsmiths included silversmiths as well, and the two crafts remain largely overlapping....
s from Exeter

Exeter

Exeter Exeter was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in Roman Britain and has existed since time immemorial. Exeter Cathedral, founded in 1050 is Anglicanism....
, who owned it from 1654 to 1932, when they sold the estate to the Torquay Corporation.

Buildings

There are four buildings of note in Cockington.

Cricket Pavilion and grounds

The park which is now home to the cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
grounds was originally a deer park

Medieval deer park

A medieval deer park was an enclosed area containing deer. It was surrounded by a ditch and bank with a wooden fence on top of the bank. The ditch was on the inside, thus allowing deer to enter the park, but making it more difficult for them to leave....
during medieval times. Cricket started to be played on it in 1947. The current cricket pavilion was built after the original burnt down ten years ago.

Drum Inn

The Drum Inn

Inn

Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging and, usually, food and drink. They are typically located in the country or along a highway....
is the local pub/restaurant

Restaurant

A restaurant prepares and serves food and drink to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and Delivery ....
in Cockington. It was built in the 1930s and opened in 1936, to replace the old ale-house

Brewery

A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made in the home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company....
, by famous architect

Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
Lutyens

Lutyens

Lutyens may refer to:*Edwin Lutyens, architect and husband of Emily Lutyens*Emily Lutyens, theosophist and wife of Edwin Lutyens*Elisabeth Lutyens, composer, daughter of Emily and Edwin Lutyens...
.

The Almshouses

The Almshouses consist of seven terraced cottages, built during the reign of King James I of England

James I of England

James VI and I was List of monarchs of Scotland as James VI, and List of English monarchs and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Kingdom of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary I of Scotland....
by the Cary family to house the poor

Poor

Poor is an adjective related to a state of poverty, low quality or pity.People with the surname Poor:* Charles Henry Poor, a US Navy officer...
and those who could not work within the village. When the Mallock family took over the Cockington estate

Estate (house)

An estate comprises the houses and outbuildings and supporting farmland and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house or mansion....
, they fell into disrepair, and were rebuilt between 1790 and 1810

Cockington Court

The current court was built over the remains of a Medieval court. A far cry from the days of the Cary family, when it was an actual court, it is now a building filled with various arts and crafts

Arts and crafts

Arts and crafts comprise a whole host of activities and hobbies that are related to making things with one's own hands and skill. These can be sub-divided into handicrafts or "traditional crafts" and "the rest"....
workshops.

Other buildings

A church that has probably been around since the 11th century.
a water mill that is in the middle of the village;
a forge
Forge

A forge is the workplace of a smith or a blacksmith. A forge is sometimes referred to as a smithy.The basic smithy contains a forge, also known as a hearth, for heating metals....
that has been in the same place in the village for 500 years.

People of note associated with the village

Admiral Nelson dined in Cockington Court
Robert Sweet
Robert Sweet (botanist)

Robert Sweet was an English botanist, horticulturist and ornithologist.Born at Cockington near Torquay, Devonshire, England in 1783, Sweet worked as a gardener from the age of sixteen, and became foreman or partner in a series of nurseries....
who was an eminent horticulturalist and author
Author

An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created....
(1782 to 1835). He was born in Rose Cottage and lived in Cockington for 16 years.

Cockington

History

Buildings

Cricket Pavilion and grounds

Drum Inn

The Almshouses

Cockington Court

Other buildings

People of note associated with the village

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