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CHAWLEIGH

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"CHAWLEIGH, a parish and village on the south side of the Little Dart valley, 2 miles S.E. of Chulmleigh, contains 850 inhabitants, and 5478 acres of land; and has two cattle fairs, on May 6 and the Tuesday before the last Thursday in October. L.W. Buck, Hy. Reed, Cpr. Northcote, and the Rev. J. Russell have estates here, but about three-fourths of the parish belong to the Hon. Newton Fellowes, who is also lord of the manor, and patron of the rectory, valued in K.B. at £25. 14s. 2d., and in 1831 at £501, and now in the incumbency of the Rev. P.F. Clay, M.A., who has an ancient residence and 95 acres of glebe. The tithes were commuted in 1849 for £470. 5s. 10d. per annum. The Church (St. James,) has an embattled tower, six bells and a handsomely carved screen. The parish has 24A. of land, ten houses, and several gardens let for about £90, which is mostly applied in the service of the church. The Free School and master's house are vested with the trustees of the parish lands; and here is another school supported by the rector. The poor parishioners have about £6 yearly from various bequests." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

• General historical and descriptive information, area map from 1765, details about administrative boundaries, etc., about Chawleigh from the Devon Library's Local Studies Service.

Census

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

Church History

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

Drawing, and 1842 account (archived copy), of the parish church, from the Devon CC web-site.

Church Records

The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837 - for details see their book list.

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

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 Michael Mitchelmore, who invites queries and lookup requests. (Resources: baptisms 1743-1849, banns 1754-1801, marriages 1743-1837 and burials 1743-1837.)

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.

Bowerman, Ann L. The Bater book and allied families: Shore, Ensley, Granger, Thomas, Baltimore, Gateway Press (1987) xxi, 613p: ill, maps. [Westcountry Studies Library s929.2/BAT]

History

Destructive Fire at Chawleigh - from The Exeter and Plymouth Gazette (27 Aug 1869)

Pepperell, Algernon & Hillman, F.M. Chawleigh notes...collected between 1958-74. Typescript (1974) 2 vols: ill, maps. [Westcountry Studies Library - fB/CHA 9/0001/CHA]

Military History

Transcription of the Chawleigh WW1 Parish Memorial, by Michael Mitchelmore.

Names, Personal

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

Probate Records

Wills of Margaret Webber, Widow (1653), and Grace Webber, Widow (1655), provided by Elsie Person.

Wills of John Snell (1651) and William Shobbrook (1837), transcribed by Adrian Parry.

Wills of John Snell (1657), William Snell (1815), William Snell (1828) and Mary Snell (1850), transcribed by Joanne Dyer.

Will of Edward Snell (1799), transcribed by Joanne Dyer and Marlene Williamson.

Admon of Harriet Challice (1886) transcribed by Paul Challice.

Will of William Challice (1885), transcribed by Paul Challice.

Last updated: 16 Jun 2010 - Brian Randell

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