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CLAWTON

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"CLAWTON, a village and parish on the small river Claw, 4 miles S. by E. of Holsworthy, has 639 souls, and 5358 acres of land, mostly the property of Sir Wm. Molesworth, the lord of the manor of Affaland, formerly held by the Arscotts. The Church is an ancient fabric, with a tower and three bells, and the living is a perpetual curacy, valued at £75, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Thos Melhuish, of Ashwater, who is also impropriator of the tithes, which were commuted in 1842 for £377. 18s. 9d. per annum. There is neither glebe nor parsonage. The Wesleyans and Bible Christians have chapels here. The poor have 28s. a year from several benefactions." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

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

Cemeteries

Harvey, H.H. History of Clawton. Paternoster Press, (1939). 94p.,plates: ill, geneal table,map; 25cm. BL YA.1987.b.2394

Whitmore, J.B. Devonshire Monumental Inscriptions, MS at Society of Genealogists (1951). [Extracts]

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 History

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

Harvey, H.H. St. Leonard's Church, Clawton. (1936) [Westcountry Studies Library]

Church Records

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1692, and of the Bishops' Transcripts going back to 1604, are held in a special collection in the Westcountry Studies Library - for details see Parish Registers in the Devon & Cornwall Record Society's Collection.

The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1800-1837 - for details see their book list.

Other churches and chapels (with pre-1840 records):

• Wesleyan Chapel: Registers for c1817-37 - see Holsworthy (PRO RG 4/1210)

Harvey, Henry H., and Chope R. Pearse. Clawton wardens' accounts. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 13:6, (1925) pp.258-260. [See vol.14, p.67.]

Directories

Transcription provided by Val Henderson of the entry (description and names) in Morris and Co's Commercial Directory and Gazetteer of Devonshire 1870.

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 Angela Wood, who invites queries and lookup requests. (Resources: PRs on fiche.)

Martyn, W.W. Notes on the family of Ley in Beer Ferrers. Western Antiquary 4, 1885, pp.112-24. [Raymond: Pedigree, 17-19th c., of Ley alias Kempthorne of Kempthorne in Devon, and Tonacombe, Morwenstow, Cornwall, 15-19th c.]

History

Harvey, H.H. History of Clawton. Paternoster Press, (1939). 94p.,plates: ill, geneal table,map; 25cm. BL YA.1987.b.2394

Williams, H. Fulford. Notes on the Parish of Clawton, Devon. Typescript (1963) 6 leaves. [Westcountry Studies Library]

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

Day, W.I. Leeson. Parochial Registers of Poor Apprentices. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 22 (1942-46 pp.32-33.

Last updated: 2 Jul 2007 - Brian Randell

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