East Anstey is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The parish is located in an area which has been designated as an area of 'Great Landscape Value'.http://www.tour-devon.com/east%20anstey/east%20anstey.html, "Tour Devon" Retrieved 15 October 2014 The village falls within the South Molton Deanery for ecclesiastical purposes.http://www.devon.gov.uk/historiceastanstey , "East Anstey, Devon County Council" Retrieved 15 October 2014 The village has a Grade II listed church, the Church of St Michael, which has a 15th-century tower and south porch but which was largely rebuilt in 1871.http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-97361-church-of-st-michael-east-anstey-devon, "British Listed Buildings" Retrieved 15 October 2014
The name 'Anstey' is derived from the Old English word ‘an-stiga’ meaning ‘a hill pathway for one’.http://www.eastanstey.org.uk/, "East Anstey Parish Council" Retrieved 15 October 2014 East Anstey had a station on the old GWR Taunton - Barnstaple Victoria Road which closed in 1966. The station is now a private residence.
Notable residents Rev John Froude II (1777-1852), Vicar of Molland-cum-Knowstone, an extreme example of the "hunting parson".
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External links
Genuki East Anstey page East Anstey Parish web site