North Huish, Devon Family History Guide
North Huish is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Other places in the parish include: Avonwick.
Alternative names: North Huish with Avonwick, North Huish
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1656
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Baptist and Christians.
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Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
HUISH, NORTH, a parish, in the union of Totnes, hundred of Stanborough, Stanborough and Coleridge, and S. divisions of Devon, 7 miles (W. S. W.) from Totnes; containing 483 inhabitants.
This parish is situated on the river Avon, which separates it from the parish of Diptford, and falls into Bigbury bay; it comprises by measurement 2662 acres. The Avon, though a small stream, is famous for its trout and salmon. There are several quarries of stone, which is raised for building; and a quarry of limestone.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £29. 18. 11½., and in the gift of John Allen, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £410, and the glebe comprises 76 acres. The church is a neat plain edifice, in the later English style, with a spire.
A house and two plots of land, producing £25 per annum, are appropriated to the poor. An almshouse was endowed in 1517.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Totnes
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Plympton
- Poor Law Union: Totnes
- Hundred: Stanborough
- Province: Canterbury