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"HORWOOD, a small village and parish, 3 miles E.N.E. of Bideford, has only 118 souls, and about 750 acres of land, nearly all belonging to the Rev. John Hogg, and Earl Fortescue. The Rev. J. Dene owns the estates called Church and Pen Horwood, and is patron and incumbent of the rectory, valued in K.B. at £7. 8s. 4d., and in 1831 at £157. The tithes were commuted in 1848, for £127 per annum, and the glebe is 36 acres. The Church (St. Michael,) has a tower and three bells, and contains memorials of the Denes, Rolles, and Pollards. The Rev. John Dene, M.A. has a pleasant seat, called Horwood House, and the other principal residents are - Thomas Copp, Joshua Downing, and Wm. Jenn, farmers, and Edw. Lee, blacksmith." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
A parish in Fremington Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and the Diocese of Exeter.

General information:

Cemeteries

MIs for this parish are included in the NDA North Devon index - see under Cemeteries on the main Devon page.
[Monumental Inscriptions (church)], Gent. Mag., vol. I, (1879) pp.398-400.

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 History

Parish church website.

The church of St. Michael, Horwood [198-] 2p. [Barnstaple Library - 726.5/HOR 7/CHU]

Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1653 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 1653 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 1654-1837, Burials 1675-1837 - for details see their book list.

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

Deanery of Barnstaple - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837 and Burials 1813-1837 - CD-ROM, Exeter, Devon FHS (2005). [Index of Atherington: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1800-1837), Barnstaple: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Bishops Tawton: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Chittlehampton: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Filleigh: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Fremington: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), High Bickington: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Horwood: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1654-1837), Burials (1675-1837), Huntshaw: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Instow: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Landkey: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Newton Tracey: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1570-1837), Burials (1725-1837), Pilton: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Swimbridge: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Tawstock: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Westleigh: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1838)

Description and Travel

Extract from Murray's "Handbook for Travellers in Devonshire" (1879), covering Bideford, and also Weare Giffard and Horwood.

Directories

Transcription provided by Val Henderson of the entry (description and names) in Morris and Co's Commercial Directory and Gazetteer of Devonshire 1870.

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

W., F. Pollards of Waye and Horwood. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 3:3, (1904). [Pollard and Coplestone Families]

History

Barrow, Bob and Redgewell, Rowena. Horwood, Lovacott and Newton Tracey: Now and then, (2004). [DFHS Library 942.35/HOR]

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