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BRATTON CLOVELLY

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"BRATTON-CLOVELLY, a small village, on a bold eminence, 8 miles W.S.W. of Okehampton, has in its parish 870 inhabitants, and 8316A. of land, including 2000A. of moorland; the hamlets of Brockscombe, Burnaby, and Burrow, and many scattered houses. The soil belongs to J.G. Newton, Esq., J.M. Woollcombe, Esq., Sir William Molesworth, S. Wreford, Esq., Rev. H. Coham, S.S. Hamlyn, Esq., and several smaller owners. The Church is a large and handsome structure, in the early decorated style, with a tower and six bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £21. 5s. 2½d., and in 1831 at £468, is in the patronage of the Bishop of Exeter, and incumbency of the Rev. Edward Budge, B.A., who has a good old residence, and 161A. 1R. 27P. of glebe. The tithes were commuted in 1845, for £460 per annum. The Barton was long the seat of the ancient family of Burnaby" [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
A parish in Lifton Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Totnes and the Diocese of Exeter.

General information:

Church History

Bratton Clovelly - from J. Stabb. Some Old Devon Churches (London: 1908-16).

Photographs and description of the Parish Church, provided by Richard A. Derrick.
Thorne, Roger F.S. Boasley Chapel. Ottery St. Mary: The Author (1994) 8p. [Westcountry Studies Library - p287.1/BRA/THO]

Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1555 are held in the Devon Record Office - for details see Parish Registers in the Devon Record Office.

The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Baptisms 1813-1840, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837 - for details see their book list.

Nothing entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993).

Burials 1837 - 1850, 1851 - 1866, 1867 - 1884 and 1885 - 1907, provided by Devon Heritage.

Extracts from Bratton Clovelly and Germansweek, Devonshire parish church registers of marriages, baptisms and burials. Typescript (1965) x, 29[47] leaves. [Westcountry Studies Library - sx929.2/HEA]

Description and Travel

Bratton Clovelly home page - history and general information.

Directories

Transcription by Neil Stanton of the entry for Bratton Clovelly in White's Devonshire Directory of 1850.

Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

Genealogy

This parish is one of the growing number of places for which the Devon Heritage website provides census or parish register transcriptions, articles, and/or illustrations, etc.

Extracts from Bratton Clovelly and Germansweek, Devonshire parish church registers of marriages, baptisms and burials. Typescript (1965) x, 29 [47] leaves. [Westcountry Studies Library - sx929.2/HEA] [Hearn Family]

History

Baring-Gould, Sabine. Red Spider, London, Chatto & Windus (1915) 224 pp. [Reprinted 1993 by Praxis Books, ISBN 0951872915] [Evocative historical fiction, set in Bratton Clovelly in the 1830s]
Williams, H. Fulford. Notes on the Parish of Bratton Clovelly, Devon. Typescript (1963) 7 leaves. [Westcountry Studies Library]

Manors

Whale, T.W. Manors in Bratton Clovelly. Trans. Devon. Assoc. 27, (1895) pp.144-164.
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