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CHALLACOMBE

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"Among the hills, near the source of the river Bray, 10 miles NE of Barnstaple, it has in its parish 305 souls & 5430 acres of land including a portion of high moorland waste extending Eastwards to the borders of Somersetshire. Earl Fortescue is Lord of the manor, owner of most of the soil & patron of the "Rectory" valued in KB at £11-9s-2d and in 1831 at £164. The Rev. J.C. Carwithen M. A. is the incumbent, & has a good cottage residence in a romantic dell & about 40 acres of glebe. The tithes have been commuted for £180 per annum. The Church [Holy Trinity] is a small dilapidated structure, about to be rebuilt, except for the tower which contains 4 bells." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
A parish in Shirlwell Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and Diocese of Exeter, 10 miles N.E. of Barnstaple, which had 240 inhabitants in 1831.

General information:

Cemeteries

MIs for this parish are included in the Incledon index - see under Cemeteries on the main Devon page.

Census

Snetzler, M.F. North Devon Surname Index to the Census. Microfiche: M.F. Snetzler, Barcott, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Devon EX39 5LN. [Covers 1841, 1861, 1871 and 1881 census records for this parish]

Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1673 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 - for details see their book list.

Memorandum Relative to the Parish of Challacombe (1673), from the Parish Register, transcribed by John Fisher.

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

The Miscellaneous Series of IHGS Parish Registers, The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, 79-82 Northgate, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1BA.: CD-ROM (n.d.). [The Devon section of contains: Marriages: Berrynarber 1540-1783, Bridgerule 1702-1753, Chardstock 1597-1837, Challacombe 1599-1621 and 1673-1837, Farringdon 1620-1788, Lynton 1591-1837, Pinhoe 1687-1837, Plymouth 1653-1674, Plymstock 1591-1812, Rewe 1686-1836, Witheridge 1646-1837.] [Also LDS Film 90711]

Directories

Transcription of entry in White's Devonshire Directory of 1850.

Transcription of entry in Kelly's Directory, Devonshire of 1935, by Deborah Carmichael.

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

The Online Parish Clerk scheme's representative for this parish is John Fisher, who invites queries and lookup requests. (Resources: PRs on fiche.)

Huxtable, John Francis. The Huxtables of Swincombe [198-?] 16, [10]p. [Barnstaple Library - 929.2/HUX]

History

Tull, Christopher. Challacombe, The Old Smithy, Challacombe, nr. Barnstaple EX31 4TU (2006?) 84 pp.

Names, Personal

Challacombe contributors to a 1678 brief for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral.

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Last updated: 13 Jan 2011 - Brian Randell

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