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
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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].
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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