The Community Assembly of Holsworthy is located in a market town and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, Kernow. The original meaning of Holsworthy is probably Heald's Enclosure. Derived from the Old English personal name Heald or Healda, plus worthig, for an enclosure, farm or estate. An alternative is possibility from Old English heald meaning incline or slope. In 1086 the name was recorded as Haldeword and other recorded spellings are Haldeswrthy -wrthi -worth (1277–1389), Holdesworthe (1308), Hyallesworthi (1326) and Houlsworthy (1675).
Holsworthy was part the Hundred (an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region) of Black Torrington. In 1614 King James I granted a charter for an annual fair to be held in Holsworthy. During the English Civil War Holsworthy was held by Royalists forces until, on 17 February 1646, Sir Thomas Fairfax, after his victory at Torrington, sent a party to take possession of the town.
In the Second World War, Prisoner of War Camp No. 42 (Exhibition Field Camp) lay north of the town, near to what is now Park Close. German and Italian prisoners held there were employed as farm labourers.
Community Assemblies are made up of residents concerned about a lack of democratic process at a local and national level, dedicated to preserving and asserting our inalienable rights and obligations to ourselves, the Earth and future generations.
Founding Facilitators
- Joanne Martin
- Janet Fynn
- Andrew Credland
Founding Facilitators of enlisted Community Assemblies in the Group Directory are also affiliate members of the Community Assembly of the British Isles.
Location
Holsworthy, Devon, Kernow, British Isles
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