Genuki Logo    Clyst Hydon Clyst Hydon Genuki Contents GENUKI
Contents & Search
 

CLYST-HYDON

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)]

"CLIST-HYDON, a parish in the hundred of Cliston, in the county of Devon, 4 miles S. of Collumpton, its post town, and 3 N. of the Hole station on the Great Western railway. It is situated on the river Clyst, which rises in the vicinity. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter, value £440, in the patronage of Mrs. Huyshe, who is lady of the manor. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient stone edifice, with stained-glass windows. There is a school, called Hall's school, endowed with £17 per annum, and other charities to the same amount.

Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003

Note: The information provided by GENUKI must not be used for commercial purposes, and all specific restrictions concerning usage, copyright notices, etc., that are to be found on individual information pages within GENUKI must be strictly adhered to. Violation of these rules could gravely harm the cooperation that GENUKI is obtaining from many information providers, and hence threaten its whole future.

[Last updated at 19.47 on Monday, 02 June 2003, Gaz3 v01.34, by Brian Randell. ©2003]