Haccombe, Devon Family History Guide

Haccombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Other places in the parish include: Milber.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1687
Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include:

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HACCOMBE, a parish in Newton Abbot district, Devon; near the river Teign and the South Devon railway, 3 miles E by S of Newton Abbot. Post town, Newton-Abbot.

Acres, 363. Pop., 42. Houses, 6. The manor belonged anciently to the Haccombs; passed to the Archdeacons and the Courtenays; and has belonged, since the 13th century, to the Carews. Haccombe House, now the seat of Sir W. P. Carew, Bart., is a modern edifice, on the site of a very ancient hall.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £253. Patron, Sir W. P. Carew, Bart. The church is ancient, partly decorated English; was formerly collegiate, for an archpriest and five priests; contains interesting monuments of the Haccombs and the Carews; and has, on its door, two horse shoes, commemorative of a wild swimming feat of a Carew.

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