Huntshaw, Devon Family History Guide
Huntshaw is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Mary Magdalene
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1746
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HUNTSHAW, a parish in Torrington district, Devon; 2½ miles NNE of Great Torrington, and 5 ESE of Bideford r. station. Post town, Torrington, North Devon.
Acres, 2,050. Real property, £1,260. Pop., 233. Houses, 45. The manor belonged, in the time of Henry III., to Henry Fitz-Reginald; passed to the Campenons and the Wellingtons; and belongs now to Lord Clinton.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £182. Patron, Lord Clinton. The church is ancient, and consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with porch and tower.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
HUNTSHAW (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union of Torrington, hundred of Fremington, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 3 miles (N. N. E.) from Torrington; containing 296 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £11. 7. 1., and in the gift of Lord Clinton: the tithes have been commuted for £190, and the glebe comprises 36 acres. John Lovering, in 1671, bequeathed £200 to purchase lands, a part of the proceeds to be applied in teaching children.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Torrington
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Barnstaple
- Poor Law Union: Torrington
- Hundred: Fremington
- Province: Canterbury