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FARRINGDON

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"FARINGDON, or FARRINGDON, a small scattered village, 6 miles E. by S. of Exeter, has in its parish 1977A. 3R. 9P. of land, and 381 inhabitants, of whom 71 are in Clist Sackville, or Sackville tything, which is mostly in Sowton parish . . . . The manors of Faringdon and Bishop's Clist, now belong to John Garratt, Esq., of Bishop's Court; but W. Cannop, Esq., occupies Faringdon House, a large cemented building with a handsome front, standing in a small park, . . . The parish is bounded on the east by the hills which separate it from the Otter valley. The Rev. Wm. Rous Ellicombe,, General Ellicombe, J. Lee, Esq., and several smaller owners have freehold estates here. . . . . The Church has a tower and one bell, and the living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £9. 8s. 1½d., and in 1831 at £262. The Bishop of Exeter is patron, and the Rev. C.H. Collyns, D.D., is the incumbent, and has a handsome residence and about 60 acres of glebe. . . . There was a chapel near Bishop's Court, dedicated to St. Gabriel, founded by Bishop Bronscombe, and to which Bishop Stapledon annexed a hospital for twelve poor infirm clergymen, . . ." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

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

Biography

Barne, Emily. Henry Barne: a memoir by his widow, London, John Kensit (1887) xvii, 473 pp. [Westcountry Studies Library s920/BAR]

Cemeteries

Farringdon Church: monumental inscriptions. Typescript, compiled for the Devon Family History Society (1990) 9p. [Westcountry Studies Library - sx929.5/FAR/FAR]

Church History

Orme, Nicholas. The clergy of Clyst Gabriel, Devon, 1312-1508. Trans. Devon. Assoc. 126, (1994) pp.107-121: tables. [1312-1508]

Church Records

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1678 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): Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837 - for details see their book list.

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1610-1812, and Marriages 1610-1639, 1679-1788, 1840-1850. (These entries are in part from Bishops' Transcripts.)

The Miscellaneous Series of IHGS Parish Registers, The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, 79-82 Northgate, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1BA.: CD-ROM (n.d.). [The Devon section of contains: Marriages: Berrynarber 1540-1783, Bridgerule 1702-1753, Chardstock 1597-1837, Challacombe 1599-1621 and 1673-1837, Farringdon 1620-1788, Lynton 1591-1837, Pinhoe 1687-1837, Plymouth 1653-1674, Plymstock 1591-1812, Rewe 1686-1836, Witheridge 1646-1837.] [Also LDS Film 90711]

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

Halfyard, Robert R. The Halfyard family register. the ancestors and descendants of Richard Halfyard (1744-1815) and Elizabeth Churchill (1752-1828). St. Catherines, Ontario: Halfyard Heritage, 1994. [Raymond: Originally of Farringdon, Devon, but primarily concerned with the United States [actually Canada].]

History

Howard Senar, Farringdon with Bishop's Court: a Devon church and parish. Crediton: H. Senar, 1988.

Land and Property

Alcock, N.W. The medieval buildings of Bishop's Clyst, Trans. Devon. Assoc., (1966) pp.132-153. [Westcountry Studies Library: p720/BIS/ALC U]

Manors

Alcock, N.W. Bishop's Clyst, An East Devon Manor in the later Middle Ages, Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. 105, (1973) pp.141-190.

Alcock, N.W. The Bishop's Clyst Court Rolls: A Question of Provenance. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 34, 3 (1979) pp.99-101.

Last updated: 23 Apr 2009 - Brian Randell

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