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Countisbury

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Village in Devon, England

Human settlement in England

Countisbury
St John the Evangelist Church
Countisbury Location withinDevon
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°13′55″N3°47′46″W / 51.232°N 3.796°W /51.232; -3.796

Countisbury^[1] is a village and formercivil parish, now in the parish ofBrendon and Countisbury, in theNorth Devon district, in the county ofDevon, England. It is onExmoor,^[2] roughly two miles east ofLynmouth along theA39. It has a church^[3] and pub.^[4] TheNational Trust owns the other buildings.^[5]^[6] In 2001 the parish had a population of 66.

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

Scholars^[8]^[9] now believe theIron Age promontory fort ofWind Hill on Countisbury Hill was the site of theBattle of Cynuit in 878.

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