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A parish in Exminster Hundred, the Archdeaconry and the Diocese of Exeter."DUNCHIDEOCK, a small scattered village and parish, in a picturesque valley, 4 miles S.W. of Exeter, has only 208 souls, and 950 acres of land. Sir L.V. Palk is lord of the manor, but the greater part of the soil belongs to James Pitman, Esq, of Dunchideock House, a large mansion, with pleasant grounds, on a bold acclivity. The Church (Holy Trinity,) was partly rebuilt in 1669, and has a tower and three bells. It contains a handsome monument in memory of General Stringer Lawrence, who died in 1775. He has also a monument in Westminster Abbey, erected by the East India Company, in gratitude for his services in India, and the peace which he concluded at Carnatic. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £14. 17s. 1d., and in 1831 at £327, with that of Shillingford St. George annexed to it, is in the patronage of Sir L.V. Palk, and incumbency of the Rev. Henry Palk, B.C.L., who resides at Shillingford, there being neither Parsonage nor glebe here. . . . Here is a small School, supported chiefly by the rector.." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
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Baker, H.R. Popham. Aaron Baker of Bowhay. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 14:7, (1927) pp.322-323. - First Eng. Governor in India. Retired to Bowhay near Dunchideock. [1620-1683]
Cresswell, B.F. Notes on the Churches of the Deanery of Kenn, Devon, (1912). [Extracts]
Dunchideock - from J. Stabb. Some Old Devon Churches (London: 1908-16).
Winckworth, A.N. The Rectors of Dunchideock. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 28 (1959-61) pp.322-324.
A short guide for the visitor to St. Michael's Church, Dunchideock. [Dunchideock]: [The Church] [1964?] [Westcountry Studies Library - p726.5/DUN/SHO]
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 - for details see their book list.
Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1538-1837, and Marriages 1539-1783, 1798-1836.
Sellman, R.R. Parish registers, 1538-1837: edited transcript with family reconstitutions. Typescript (1990) 59p. [Westcountry Studies Library - x929.3/DUN/1538]
Conservation Area Appraisal for Dunchideock - an interesting account of the area, with numerous photographs and maps.
The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
Pitman, Charles E. History and pedigree of the family of Pitman of Dunchideock, Exeter, and their collaterals, and of the Pitmans of Alphington, Norfolk, and of Edinburgh, with part pedigrees and accounts of families connected by marriage: Andrew, Sanders, Barnes, Kitson, Astley, Keats, Northcote, Gordon, Walrond, Bulteel, Stapleton, Harris, Senhouse, Coker, Manley, Palk, and Williams, with biographies of individuals . . . and with extracts from wills and parish registers, and list of Dunchideock title deeds and other family papers. London: Mitchell, Hughes & Clarke, 1920. [Raymond: Includes folded pedigree, 16-19th c.]
Memories of Dunchideock, by the late A.N. Winckworth (1917-1997), of Dunchideock House, communicated by Peter Kirk.
Harper, Peter. The Treacle Mines, Dunchideock. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 31, 3 (Oct 1968) pp.85-86. ["Dunchideock treacle has its origin in the remains of moss-like plants which lived about three hundred milion years ago. Treacle-bearing, or theriaciferous, rock is found in large quantities in the red sandstone area around Dunchideock. . . it is likely that treacle has been mined in the area since at least 1550. . . Today, actual production of treacle is extremely low, due to the high cost of production . . . most of the treacle is exported to the U.S.A. where there is a small but steady market, and indeed a 'Circle of Treacle Tasters' in Cambridge Massachusetts. . ."]
Dunchideock contributors to a 1678 brief for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral.
Dunchideock Apprentices Register - 1807-1832, Exeter, Devon Family History Society A149. [Names included in the overall index published as "Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief" (CD 023).Find help, report problems, and contribute information.
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