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GOODLEIGH

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"GOODLEIGH, a small village, nearly 3 miles E. by N. of Barnstaple, has in its parish 335 souls, and 1180 acres of land, including Northleigh hamlet and several scattered houses. The manor belongs to the Misses Incledon, whose family mansion, called Yeotown, is now a farm house, and was new fronted in the Gothic style by the late B. N. Incledon, Esq. This house is in the sequestered woody valley of the small river Yeo. Miss Budd and several other proprietors have estates in this parish, which is celebrated for its cherry orchards. The Church (St. Gregory,) is an ancient Gothic structure, with a short tower, and some stained glass in its windows. Its screen is richly ornamented." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

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

Cemeteries

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 Records

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, Burials 1813-1837 - for details see their book list.

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

Directories

Transcription, by Jonathan Frayne of the Goodleigh section of Kelly's Directory of Barnstaple and Neighbourhood (1941).

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

Fice, John. The Goodleigh Militia and the Pasmore Family, Family Tree Magazine, vol. 4, no. 11 pp.32-33 and 12, pp.15-16 (1988). ["This article concentrates on one North Devon village in 1598 and the people who lived in it at the time of a turning point in history - the defeat of the Spanish Armada. The activities of the local defence force are highlighted together with the sixteenth century history of one leading family in the village community."]

History

Fice, J. E. The History of Goodleigh: a North Devon village. Goodleigh: Fice, Toptown Printers (1982), 128 pp. ill., maps.

Names, Personal

Goodleigh contributors to a 1678 brief for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral.

Last updated: 17 Dec 2007 - Brian Randell

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