Parracombe, Devon Family History Guide
Parracombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Alternative names: Paracombe
Parish church: St. Petrock; Christ Church (Parish Church)
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1687
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
PARRACOMBE, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Barnstaple district, Devon.
The village stands 2¾ miles SW of the boundary with Somerset, 4¼ SW of Lynton, and 12 NE of Barnstaple r. station; was anciently called Percombe, or Pedercombe; and has a post-office under Barnstaple.
The parish comprises 4,338 acres. Real property, £2,852. Pop., 410. Houses, 82. The property is subdivided.
The manor belonged, in the time of the Confessor, to Bristwold; went, at the Norman conquest, to one of the Conqueror’s captains; passed afterwards to the Traceys and the Fitz-Martyns; belonged to the St. Albyns from 1310 till 1862; was then sold to the Rev. John Pyke; and belongs now to J. N. Pyke, Esq.
Middleton belonged, in the time of Henry III., to Sir H. Bernefield; passed to the Westons, and to the Earls of Devonshire; and belongs now to R. Dovell, Esq. Rowley belonged, for ages, to the Lock family; passed to the Roaches; and belongs now to the Notts.
An ancient circular earthwork, called the Castle, is near the village.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £240. Patron, J. N. Pyke, Esq. The church is ancient, and has a tower.
The sub-district contains also seven other parishes and an uninhabited portion of Exmoor. Acres, 35, 537. Pop., 2, 839. Houses, 584.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
PARRACOMBE, a parish, in the union of Barnstaple, hundred of Sherwell, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 12 miles (N. E.) from Barnstaple; containing 446 inhabitants.
The parish comprises 3791 acres, of which 1637 are common or waste land. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £13. 10. 10., and in the gift of L. St. Albyn, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £240, and the glebe comprises 56 acres. There are vestiges of an ancient fortification in the neighbourhood.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Parracombe baptisms 1597-1836 – UK Genealogy Archives
Parracombe marriages 1597-1836 – UK Genealogy Archives
Parracombe burials 1597-1836 – UK Genealogy Archives
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Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Barnstaple
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Shirwell
- Poor Law Union: Barnstaple
- Hundred: Shirwell
- Province: Canterbury