Eggesford is a parish in mid-Devon, without its own substantial village. It is served by Eggesford railway station on the Exeter to Barnstaple railway line, also known as the Tarka Line.
All Saints Church, Eggesford, viewed from the south-east
Arms of Copleston of Eggesford: Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three lion's faces azure. From monument to Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568–1648) and his wife Anne Copleston (1588–1616), Eggesford Church
Arms of Chichester of Eggesford: Chequy or and gules, a chief vair a crescent sable for difference. The crescent is a cadency mark of a second son
Monument to Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568–1648) of Carickfergus & his wife Anne Copleston (1588–1616), Eggesford Church, north wall of north aisle chapel
Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester, was an English peer.
Edward Chichester (died 1648), Effigy in Eggesford Church, Devon. He wears the Coronet of a viscount
Heraldic escutcheon from monument to Edward, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568–1648), and his wife Anne Copleston (1588–1616), Eggesford Church, Devon. Arms of Chichester impaling Copleston: Baron: Chequy or and gules, a chief vair a crescent sable for difference (Chichester); Feme: Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three lion's faces azure (Copleston), surmounted by the coronet of a viscount showing 9 of its 16 pearls. The difference of a crescent indicates the arms of a second son