Feniton Devon Family History Guide
Feniton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Other places in the parish include: Fenny Bridges, Colestock, and Curscombe.
Parish church: St. Andrew
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1549
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606
Nonconformists include: Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
FENITON, a village and a parish in Honiton district, Devon.
The village stands in the valley of the river Otter, near Ottery Road r. station, 3½ miles W by S of Honiton; and has a post office under Honiton.
The parish includes also the hamlets of Curscombe and Colestock. Acres, 1,822. Real property, £3,322. Pop., 361. Houses, 71. The property is divided among a few. The manor was long held by the Malchardes, and belongs now to Sir John Patteson. The Cornish rebels, in the time of Edward VI., sustained a sanguinary defeat at Feniton Bridge.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £372. Patron, G. B. Northcote, Esq., two turns, and B. Woolley, Esq., one turn. The church has an aisle with Norman arches, but seems to be mainly of the 14th century; consists of nave, chancel, and south aisle, with low western tower; contains an ancient screen, and a highly decorated ancient altar-tomb; and is good.
There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £10.
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: Plymtree
- Poor Law Union: Honiton
- Hundred: Hayridge
- Province: Canterbury