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"CREACOMBE is a small parish, on the river Sturcombe, 6 miles south-west from East Anstey station on the Somerset and Devon branch of the Great Western railway, 10 miles north-north-west from Tiverton, and 10 south-west from Bampton, in the Northern division of the county, Witheridge hundred, South Molton petty sessional division, union and county court district, rural deanery of South Molton, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Michael, rebuilt in 1857 by Mrs. Karslake, mother of the late rector, is a small edifice in the Early English style. . . The register of baptisms and burials dates from the year 1695; marriages, 1759. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £175, including 311 acres of glebe, in the gift of Sir W. W. Karslake, and held since 1896 by the Rev. Alexander Frederick De Gex, who is also rector of and resides at Meshaw. Sir W. W. Karslake of 8 Curzon street, London W. is lord of the manor. The Hon. Mark George Kerr Rolle, J. Quicke esq. and the Rev. John Peter Benson M.A. vicar of Witheridge, and Mr. L. Davies are the landowners. The soil is good, but clayey; subsoil, clay and shillet. The chief crops are barley and oats. . . The children of this place attend the school at Rackenford." [From: Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, 1902]
A parish in Witheridge Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and the Diocese of Exeter.

General information:

Cemeteries

MIs for this parish are included in the Devon FHS, Incledon and NDA North Devon indexes - see under Cemeteries on the main Devon page.

A transcription of the Memorial Inscriptions for the Parish Church is held in the Society of Genealogist's Library, in Vol. 8 of Devon Memorial inscriptions (DE/M23).

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 1695 are held in the Devon Record Office - for details see Parish Registers in the Devon Record Office.

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1694 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 - for details see their book list.

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1704-1837.

Creacombe Parish register transcripts, Baptisms 1694-1837, Marriages 1759-1835, LDS Film 0917181/4.

Gazetteers

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

Land and Property

Land tax assessment for Creacombe, 1780-1832, LDS Film 1471060/8.
Land tax assessment for Creacombe, 1798, LDS Film 1526151/23.

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