Countisbury

Countisbury
Countisbury
	St John the Evangelist Church
	Countisbury Location within Devon
Population	66 (2001 census)
Civil parish	Brendon and Countisbury;
District	North Devon;
Shire county	Devon;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
	List of places UK England Devon 51.232°N 3.796°W

Countisbury^[1] is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brendon and Countisbury, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is on Exmoor,^[2] roughly two miles east of Lynmouth along the A39. It has a church^[3] and pub.^[4] The National Trust owns the other buildings.^[5]^[6] In 2001 the parish had a population of 66.

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On 1 April 2013 the parish was abolished and merged with Brendon to form "Brendon and Countisbury".^[7]

Scholars ^[8]^[9] now believe the Iron Age promontory fort of Wind Hill on Countisbury Hill was the site of the Battle of Cynuit in 878.

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