Stoke Climsland is a village in the valley of the River Tamar, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom within the civil parish of Stokeclimsland. The population of the parish including Luckett at the 2011 census was 1,703.
History
The manor of Climsland was one of the seventeen
Antiqua maneria of the Duchy of Cornwall. The manor was recorded in the
Domesday Book of 1086 as Climson; there were 5 hides of land and land for 24 ploughs. One hide was held by the lord (with 3 ploughs and 9 serfs) and 30 villeins and 30 smallholders had 17 ploughs and 4 hides of land. There were also 3 acres of meadow, 16 square leagues of pasture and 3 square leagues of woodland. The income from the manor was £6 sterling.
[Thorn, C., et al., eds. (1979) Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 1,9]
In the 12th century, Climsland became part of a royal deer park called Kerrybullock, or Carrybullock, until it was disparked by Henry VIII in the 16th century.[Henderson, Charles (1935) Essays in Cornish History; ed. by A. L. Rowse and M. I. Henderson. London: Oxford University Press; Cornish deer parks; pp. 160-161] N.B. Another Duchy Farm exists on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly.
Notable buildings
The present church building is 15th century, with north and south aisles and a west tower. The tower is of granite and the wagon roofs are medieval. At Horse Bridge on the road to Tavistock is a fine bridge of seven arches (built in 1437). At Whiteford Sir
John Call built a
Whiteford House in 1775 but it no longer exists: the stables and a garden temple remain and a few fragments have been reused in a house nearby.
[Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. Penguin Books]
The post office, opened in 1839, is the oldest sub-Post Office in the UK.
Horse Bridge is a listed medieval bridge across the River Tamar opposite Horsebridge in the parish of Sydenham Damerel in Devon.
Sport
The village had a football team called Stoke Climsland who were champions of Duchy League 2 2017/18
Duchy League. , however the team has now disbanded.
Cornish wrestling
Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, were held in Stoke Climsland in the 1800s.
[The Western Morning News, 20 June 2014.]
Notable people
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John Grubb (1652–1708), emigrated 1677, an early settler in Delaware
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William Call (1781–1851), banker and High Sheriff of Cornwall; resident of Whiteford House
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Charlotte Mary Matheson (ca. 1888-1937), novelist; herdsman
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Len Harvey (1907–1976), boxer, who held one 'version' of the World's Light-Heavyweight Championship from 1939 until 1942
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David Oates (1927–2004), an archaeologist and academic specializing in the Ancient Near East
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Neil Warnock (born 1948), footballer who played 327 games and football manager
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