Upcott, Cheriton Fitzpaine

Upcott is an historic manor in the parish of Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon, England. The manor house, known as Upcott Barton, is a mediaeval Grade II* listed building which is notorious in the history of Devon as the site of the 1455 murder of the lawyer Nicholas Radford by a mob directed by the Earl of Devon during the Wars of the Roses. The house is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Cheriton Fitzpaine village and almost 1 mile east of Poughill.

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