Atherington, Devon
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Atherington is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England, about 8 miles south of Barnstaple. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 391.
The church has a screen and gallery dating back 400 years, as well as a roodloft stairway of the same age. In the loft are Elizabethan heraldic panels.
There is also a fifteenth century screen across the chancel, and a font of the same period. The benches have elaborate carved ends, and there is some very old stained glass.
[edit] Rail Transport
Umberleigh railway station is located in the nearby village of Umberleigh which is a couple of miles away.
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