West Buckland, Devon Family History Guide
West Buckland is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Peter
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1625
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BUCKLAND, WEST (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of South Molton, hundred of Braunton, South Molton and N. divisions of Devon, 6 miles (N. W.) from South Molton; containing 275 inhabitants.
It comprises 1339 acres, of which 259 are common or waste: stone for the roads is quarried in several parts.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £13. 13. 4., and in the gift of the Baroness Bassett: the tithes have been commuted for £190; there is a good glebe-house, and the glebe comprises 32 acres. The church has a carved wooden screen, highly enriched, separating the nave from the chancel.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: South Molton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Shirwell
- Poor Law Union: South Molton
- Hundred: Braunton
- Province: Canterbury