Meshaw

Its nearest town is South Molton, which lies approximately 5.9 miles (9.5 km) north-west from the village.

Lynn Esq.r of Southwicke in Northha.ton.re who to ye lasting memory of her Lord did this too slender monument afford, for in her judgement she could scarce approve so mean an offering for so great a love.

This is made clear by her mural slate memorial tablet im Molland Church on the east wall of the north aisle which reads as follows: To ye memory of Mrs Shapcote ye wife of Philip Shapcote of Knowstone Esq.

interr(ed) in ye same grave with him according to his passionate desires & her pro(mise) to him in testimony of their mutual love.

Folk song collector Cecil Sharp first visited North Devon in 1904 at the invitation of Alex de Gex, rector of Meshaw.

Over six visits between 1904 and 1905 he collected 32 songs from the singing of William Nott, a farmer who lived next door to Meshaw rectory.

Mural monument to James Courtenay (d.1683) of Meshaw House
The heraldic achievement of James Courtenay (d.1683), Meshaw Church. A triple impalement : centre: Or, 3 torteaux a label of 3 points azure each point charged with 3 roundels in pale, differenced by a crescent azure (Courtenay of Molland, differenced for a second son); Dexter : Azure, 3 bars wavy argent (Sandford); Sinister : Or, a demi-lion rampant gules [ 2 ] (Lynn). Crest: Out of a ducal coronet or, a plume of 7 ostrich feathers 4 and 3 argent (Courtenay) [ 3 ]