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"EGGESFORD parish, in Taw vale, 2½ miles S. of Chulmleigh, has 168 inhabitants, and 1216 acres of land, nearly all the property of the Hon. Newton Fellowes, the lord of the manor, who is son of the late, and brother and heir of the present Earl of Portsmouth. On coming to this and other estates, formerly belonging to his mother's family, he assumed the name of Fellowes, in place of Wallop, his paternal name. Old Eggesford House was the seat of the Lords Chichester in the 17th century, and was rebuilt by W. Fellowes, Esq. in 1718, but taken down about 26 years ago. The present seat of the Hon. Newton Fellowes is a neat mansion, standing in the adjoining parish of Wembworthy. He is patron of the rectory, valued in K.B. at £7. 18s. 9d., and in 1831 at 1831 at £132, and now enjoyed by the Rev. P.F. Clay, M.A., of Chawleigh. The Church (All Saints,) is a small structure, with a tower and two bells. The poor have the interest of £30, left by the Rev. John Churchill. The Parsonage is a new building, and the glebe is about 75A., of which 29A. is woodland. The tithes were commuted in 1847 for £61. 16s. 6d.." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
A parish in North Tawton Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and the Diocese of Exeter.

General information:

Census

Snetzler, M.F. North Devon Surname Index to the Census. Microfiche: M.F. Snetzler, Barcott, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Devon EX39 5LN. [Covers 1881 census records for this parish]

Church History

Williams, H.F. F. The Patrons and Rectors of Eggesford, Devon. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 29, 4 (1963?) pp.109-111.

Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1594 are held in the Devon Record Office - for details see Parish Registers in the Devon Record Office.

The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1750-1838 - for details see their book list.

Nothing entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993).

Description and Travel

Eggesford On-line - provides a brief description and history, photographs, and much more.

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 Michael Mitchelmore, who invites queries and lookup requests. (Resources: Baptisms 1594-1812, Banns 1754-1812, Marriages 1665-1837, Burials 1594-1812 - though records before about 1650 practically indecipherable.)

This parish is one of the growing number of places for which the Devon Heritage website provides census or parish register transcriptions, articles, and/or illustrations, etc.

Fellowes, Edmund Horace. The family and descendants of William Fellowes of Eggesford. Windsor: Oxley & Sons (1910) 61p: geneal tables. [Westcountry Studies Library - sx929.2/FEL]

History

Axe, Chapman & Miller. The Lost Houses of Eggesford, Eggesford Gardens Ltd. (1995). [DFHS Library]
Williams, H. Fulford. Notes on the Parish of Eggesford, Devon. Typescript (1961) 9 leaves. [Westcountry Studies Library]

Land and Property

Vachell E T. Eggesford and Heywood Castles. Trans. Dev. Assoc. 95 (1963) pp.197-207.

Names, Personal

Protestation Return of 1641/42 from Devon Heritage.

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