# Christow

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Village in Devon, England

Human settlement in England

Christow Cottages in the village of Christow Christow Location within Devon OS grid reference SX8385 Civil parish Christow District Teignbridge Shire county Devon Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town EXETER Postcode district EX6 Dialling code 01647 Police Devon and Cornwall Fire Devon and Somerset Ambulance South Western Website Christow Parish Council List of places UK England Devon 50°39′12″N 3°38′52″W / 50.6533°N 3.6478°W / 50.6533; -3.6478

**Christow** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) in the [Teignbridge](/source/Teignbridge) district of [Devon](/source/Devon), England. It is located 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Exeter, in the [Teign Valley](/source/River_Teign), just off the B3193 road that links [Chudleigh](/source/Chudleigh) and [Dunsford](/source/Dunsford). Christow is on the eastern edge of [Dartmoor](/source/Dartmoor) [National Park](/source/National_parks_of_England_and_Wales). According to the 2021 UK Census, the population of Christow Parish was recorded as 900 people.[1]

## Manor

The parish includes the [tything](/source/Tything) of [Canonteign](/source/Canonteign), where there are two notable historic houses. Canonteign Barton is a late Tudor stone house and a [Grade I listed building](/source/Listed_building#Categories_of_listed_building).[2] Canonteign House is a neo-classical building completed for Captain Pownoll Pellew, who in the last year of his life succeeded his father as [Viscount Exmouth](/source/Pownoll_Pellew%2C_2nd_Viscount_Exmouth).[3][4]

## Parish church

Parish church of St James the Apostle

Christow's [Church of England parish church](/source/Church_of_England_parish_church) of [St James the Apostle](/source/James%2C_son_of_Zebedee) has a 12th-century [Norman](/source/Norman_architecture) [baptismal font](/source/Baptismal_font), but otherwise seems to be largely a 15th-century building.[5]

The west tower is a [Gothic Survival](/source/Gothic_Revival_architecture#Survival_and_revival) addition of 1630[6] and has a [ring](/source/Change_ringing) of eight bells. John III and Christopher IV Pennington of [Stoke Climsland](/source/Stoke_Climsland), Cornwall cast a ring of six bells for the tower in 1785. [John Taylor & Co](/source/John_Taylor_%26_Co) of [Loughborough](/source/Loughborough), Leicestershire added a new treble and second bell in 1973, increasing the ring to eight.[7]

Inside the church are monuments including two to Admiral [Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth](/source/Edward_Pellew%2C_1st_Viscount_Exmouth) and his son the 2nd Viscount, both of whom died in 1833.[6] The church was [restored](/source/Victorian_restoration) in 1862 to designs by the architect [Edward Ashworth](/source/Edward_Ashworth). It is a [Grade I listed](/source/Grade_I_listed) building.[5]

## Railway

The [Teign Valley Railway](/source/Teign_Valley_line) was built from [Heathfield](/source/Heathfield_railway_station_(Devon)) to Christow in 1882, but [Christow railway station](/source/Christow_railway_station) was not opened until 1903 when the line was extended to [Exeter](/source/Exeter_St_Thomas_railway_station). The line was closed to passenger trains in 1958 and freight in 1961.[8]

## Notable former residents

As well as the Viscounts Exmouth, Christow was the home of Lady daughter of the 1st Viscount. She was the wife of Admiral Sir [Lawrence Halsted](/source/Lawrence_Halsted), died in 1835 and is buried at Christow. [Arthur Marshall](/source/Arthur_Marshall_(broadcaster)) (1910–89) lived in Christow in later life, and fictionalised the village as "Appleton". The adventurers [The Turner Twins](/source/The_Turner_Twins) (born 1988) grew up in Christow parish.

## Amenities

Christow has a pub, the Artichoke Inn,[9] that was built in or before the 17th century.[10] The village also a community primary school [11] and a Community Hall with tennis courts and a skate park. There is also a GPs' practice[12] and Gidley's Meadow, a small industrial estate. On the 5th of November 2024, a local shop, named the Christow Community Shop, was opened.[13] It sells essential goods and local produce.

## References

### Citations

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Christow (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location"](http://citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/teignbridge/E04003201__christow/). *citypopulation.de*. Retrieved 30 October 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Canonteign Barton (Grade I) (1097834)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1097834?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Canonteign House (Grade II) (1333896)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1333896?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerCherry1989243_4-0)** [Pevsner & Cherry 1989](#CITEREFPevsnerCherry1989), p. 243.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NHLE_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NHLE_5-1) [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Church of Saint James the Apostle (Grade I) (1163790)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1163790?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerCherry1989261_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerCherry1989261_6-1) [Pevsner & Cherry 1989](#CITEREFPevsnerCherry1989), p. 261.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Scott, John (11 July 2010). ["Christow S James"](http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Christow&Submit=+Go+&DoveID=CHRISTOW). *[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers](/source/Dove's_Guide_for_Church_Bell_Ringers)*. [Central Council for Church Bell Ringers](/source/Central_Council_for_Church_Bell_Ringers). Retrieved 2 August 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Holman, Dave (17 May 2017). ["Station name: Christow"](http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/christow/index.shtml). *Disused-stations.org*. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["The Artichoke Inn of Christow"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170803021540/https://theartichokeinn.co.uk/). Archived from [the original](https://theartichokeinn.co.uk/) on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["The Artichoke and cottage adjoining at east (Grade II) (1097806)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1097806?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [Christow Community Primary School](http://www.christowschool.co.uk/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [Cheriton Bishop and Teign Valley Practice](http://www.cheritonbishoppractice.co.uk/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["New shop opens after community effort in Christow, Devon"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yxe4w7jveo.amp). 5 November 2024.

### Sources

- [Pevsner, Nikolaus](/source/Nikolaus_Pevsner); [Cherry, Bridget](/source/Bridget_Cherry) (1989) [1952]. *Devon*. [The Buildings of England](/source/Pevsner_Architectural_Guides#Buildings_of_England). Harmondsworth: [Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books). pp. 243, 261. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-14-071050-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-071050-7).

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Christow](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Christow).

- [Christow Parish Council](http://www.christowparishcouncil.gov.uk/Christow-Pc/Default.aspx)

- ["Christow"](http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Christow/). *[GENUKI](/source/GENUKI)*.

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