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CLAYHANGER

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"CLAYHANGER, or Cleyhanger, a small scattered village, on the borders of Somerset and Devon, 4½ miles E.N.E. of Bampton, and S.W. of Wivelscombe, has in its parish 294 souls, and 2043 acres of land, belonging to Thomas Gould, Esq., Thomas Langdon, M.D., and several smaller freeholders. The Church (St. Peter,) is an ancient structure, with a tower and three bells. The interior still retains its original carved oak seats, and has some memorials of the Nutcombe family, formerly lords of the manor. The Rev. W.M. Harrison is patron and incumbent of the rectory, valued in K.B. at £15. 17s. 3½d., and in 1831 at £302. The Rectory House was rebuilt in 1823, at a cost of about £1000. The glebe is 40A., and the tithes were commuted in 1840 for £244 per annum. The poor have 20s. a year of Perry-tenement, left by Mary Sayer, in 1701. An annuity of £3, left by Mrs. H.N. Bluett, in 1747; and the dividends of £150 three per cent. stock, given by John Norman and B.N. Bluett, are applied in schooling poor children." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

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

Biography

De Chazal, Nancy. Clayhanger: a wartime childhood. Sydling St. Nicholas: Author (1995?) [iii],104p,plates: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - sB/CLA 5/1939/DeC]

Church Records

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1538 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 1750-1812 - for details see their book list.

Due to the proximity of Clayhanger to the Somerset border, it is worth checking Somerset PRs of all parishes along the border for relevant entries.

Tiverton Museum holds copies of fiche of Clayhanger PRs.

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1538-1837, and Marriages 1538-1662, 1684-1833.

Pallot's Marriage Index for England: (1780 - 1837) has two Clayhanger entries: Thos Fowler/Ann Wheatley (1801) and Ann Cadbury/Benjn Harwood (1820).

Sellman, R.R. Clayhanger, Devon: edited transcript of parish registers to 1837. Typescript (1991) 81p. [Westcountry Studies Library - sx929.3/CLA/1538]

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

Monday, A.J. Clayhanger, in the county of Devon, and Raddington, in the county of Somerset, Western Antiquary 3, 1884, pp. 98-99. [Raymond: Descent of Nutcombe family.]

Probate Records

Listing of Estate Duty and PCC wills, compiled by Kathryn Barnett.

Transcript of the will of Thomas Stone (1660), by John C. Stone II, provided by Elizabeth Howard.

Transcripts of the wills of John Stone (1637), Honor Stone (1638), William Stone (1650) and Elianor Stone (1674), by Elizabeth Howard.

Last updated: 16 Jul 2010 - Brian Randell

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