Bickleigh (near Tiverton), Devon Family History Guide
Bickleigh (near Tiverton) is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1569
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1614
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BICKLEIGH, a parish in Tiverton district, Devon; on the river Exe, 4 miles S of Tiverton r. station. Post Town, Tiverton.
Acres, 1,835. Real property, £2,141. Pop., 254. Houses, 55. The property is divided among three. The manor belonged anciently to the Bickleighs, and passed to the Courteneys, and then to the Carews.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £420. Patron, Sir W. P. Carew. The church is a neat structure of nave, south aisle, chancel, and western tower; and contains some handsome monuments of the Carews. Charities, £28.
Bamfylde Moore Carew, born in 1690, the son of a rector of the parish, and popularly known as “King of the Beggars,” was a native.
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: Tiverton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Tiverton
- Poor Law Union: Tiverton
- Hundred: Hayridge
- Province: Canterbury