Huntsham, Devon Family History Guide

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Huntsham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1615

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HUNTSHAM, a parish in Tiverton district, Devon; near the boundary with Somerset, 3½ miles E by S of Bampton, and 6 NNE of Tiverton r. station. lt. has a post office under Tiverton.

Acres, 1,875. Real property, £1,726. Pop., 248. Houses, 32. The property is divided among three. The manor, with Huntsham Court, and most of the land, belongs to A. H. D. Troyte, Esq.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £253. Patron, A. W. Troyte, Esq. The church was partly rebuilt, partly restored, in 1858. There is a property school.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

HUNTSHAM, a parish, in the union and hundred of Tiverton, Cullompton and N. divisions of Devon, 3 miles (E. S. E.) from Bampton; containing 157 inhabitants.

This parish, which is situated in a very retired part of the county, far from any public road, comprises by measurement 1859 acres, chiefly of a poor clayey soil; about 771 acres are pasture, 757 arable, and 330 woodland. The surface is varied, the scenery generally pleasing; and the river Lowman, which falls into the Exe at Tiverton, has its source in the parish.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £10. 12. 11.; patron and incumbent, the Rev. E. B. Troyte: the tithes have been commuted for £182, and the glebe comprises 62 acres. The church is a small edifice, completely covered with ivy, and forming a picturesque feature in the landscape; it has a tower at the west end.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Huntsham – Church records ( 6 )
England, Devon, Huntsham, bishop’s transcripts, 1615-1838
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Huntsham (Devon); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Huntsham, church records : parish registers, 1558-2011
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Huntsham (Devon); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Huntsham baptisms, 1813-1840
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Huntsham (Devon)

Huntsham burials 1750-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

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

Parish register transcripts, 1559-1883
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Huntsham (Devon)

England, Devon, Huntsham – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Huntsham, Devon, England ; christenings, 1559-1875
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Huntsham, Devon, England ; marriages, 1597-1875
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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

England, Devon, Huntsham – Occupations ( 1 )
Huntsham apprentices register, 1744-1811
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Huntsham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Huntsham apprentices register, 1744-1811
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Huntsham – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessment for Huntsham, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Land tax assessment of Huntsham, 1798

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: Tiverton
  • Province: Canterbury