Holcombe Burnell, Devon Family History Guide

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Holcombe Burnell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Other places in the parish include: Ford, Membland, Mothecombe, and Creacombe.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1657
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1609

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HOLCOMBE-BURNELL, a parish in St. Thomas district, Devon; 4 miles W by S of Exeter r. station. Post town, Exeter.

Acres, 1,836. Real property, £1, 273. Pop., 242. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few. Holcombe House was built in the time of Henry VIII., and is now a farm-house.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £195. Patron, the Bishop of Exeter. The church consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with S porch and W tower; was rebuilt, excepting the tower, in 1843; and contains a finely decorated Easter tomb.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

HOLCOMBE-BURNELL (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of Wonford, Wonford and S. divisions of Devon, 4½ miles (W. by S.) from Exeter; containing 306 inhabitants. It comprises 1433 acres, of which 159 are common or waste land.

The living is a vicarage, endowed with the rectorial tithes, and valued in the king’s books at £8. 9. 2.; net income, £195; patron, the Prebendary of Holcombe-Burnell in the Cathedral of Salisbury. The church has an ornamented doorway in the Norman style. Near the old manorial mansion, built in the reign of Henry VIII., and since converted into a farmhouse, was anciently a chapel.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Devon, Holcombe-Burnell – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Holcombe-Burnell, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Devon, Holcombe-Burnell – Church records ( 6 )
England, Devon, Holcombe Burnell, bishop’s transcripts, 1609-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Holcombe-Burnell (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Holcombe-Burnell, parish registers, 1657-1999
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Holcombe-Burnell (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Holcombe Burnell baptisms 1813-1840
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Holcombe Burnell burial registers, 1753-1812
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Holcombe Burnell burials, 1753-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Holcombe-Burnell (Devonshire)

Holcombe Burnell marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Holcombe-Burnell – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
The deanery of Dunsford
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Holcombe-Burnell – Court records ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Holcombe-Burnell, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

England, Devon, Holcombe-Burnell – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Holcombe-Burnell, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: St Thomas
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Dunsford
  • Poor Law Union: St Thomas
  • Hundred: Wonford
  • Province: Canterbury