Buckland Filleigh Devon Family History Guide

Buckland Filleigh is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1619
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Petersmarland
• Sheepwash
• Shebbear
• Petrockstowe
• Langtree
• Black Torrington

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BUCKLAND-FILLEIGH, a parish in Torrington district, Devon; 6½ miles NW of Hatherleigh, and 10 S of Bideford r. station. Post Town, Shebbear, under Highampton, North Devon.

Acres, 3,037. Real property, £1,872. Pop., 258. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Ashburton and Lord Clinton. Buckland House is a seat of Lord Ashburton.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £218. Patron, the Bishop of Exeter. The church stands close to Buckland House; is a handsome small edifice; and contains monuments of the Filleighs and the Fortescues.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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