Luppitt, Devon Family History Guide

Luppitt is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Other places in the parish include: Shapcombe.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1711

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Presbyterian

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Luppitt

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LUPPITT, a village and a parish in Honiton district, Devon.

The village stands 2 miles W of the river Otter, and 4 NNE of Honiton r. station; and has a post-office, under Honiton.

The parish includes the tything of Shapcombe, and comprises 4,293 acres. Real property, £5,052. Pop., 714. Houses, 153. The property is much subdivided.

The manor belonged anciently to the Mohuns and the Carews, and bears the name of Mohun’s-Ottery. The ancient manor-house became a farm-house, was destroyed by fire in 1847, and is now represented by three entrance-arches, with some beautiful carving.

A monastery stood anciently on a low site within the parish, and was dissolved by William de Mohun, at his founding of the abbey of Newnham.

The name Luppitt was anciently written Love-pit, and is supposed to allude to the site of the monastery.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £121. Patron, Mrs. Bernard. The church is ancient, in fair condition; consists of nave, transepts, and chancel, with porch and tower; and contains monuments of the Carews. Charities, £5.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Luppitt, 4 miles N. Honiton. P. 782

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850

Shapcombe

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Shapcombe, a tything in Luppitt parish, Devon; 4 ¼ miles N of Horton. Real property, £608.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Devon, Luppitt – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Luppitt, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Devon, Luppitt – Church records ( 4 )
England, Devon, Luppitt, bishop’s transcripts, 1610-1838
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Luppitt (Devon); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Luppitt, parish registers, 1710-1993
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Luppitt (Devon); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Luppitt burial registers, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Luppitt marriage registers, 1813-1838
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Luppitt – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
The deanery of Dunkeswell
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Luppitt – Court records ( 2 )
Land tax assessment for Luppitt, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Land tax assessment for Luppitt, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

England, Devon, Luppitt – Taxation ( 4 )
Land tax assessment for Luppitt, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Land tax assessment for Luppitt, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Land tax assessment for Luppitt, 1798
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Land tax assessment for Shapcombe, 1798
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Honiton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Dunkeswell
  • Poor Law Union: Honiton
  • Hundred: Axminster
  • Province: Canterbury