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NETHEREXE

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"NETHER EXE, a small parish, on the east side of the river Exe, 5 miles N. by E. of Exeter, has only 97 souls, and 650 acres of land. Though so small a parish, it gives name to the Nether Exe Farmers' Club, which has a long list of members, resident in the surrounding parishes. Francis Hill, Esq., has a seat here, and owns the greater part of the parish, and the rest belongs to the Rev. W. Sweet, Mr. R. Bonner, and a few smaller owners. The Church, anciently subject to that of Rewe, is a small ancient structure, with one bell and a handsome font. The perpetual curacy, valued in K.B. at £8. 10s., and in 1831 at £37, is in the patronage of the eight trustees under the will of H. Burroughs, and is now enjoyed by the Rev. John Bond, M.A., of Romansleigh. The poor have 16s. a year, left by Nicholas Warren, and the parish sends a poor person to Burrough's Almshouse, at Broad Clist. The farmers are Thomas Bere, Francis Hill, Esq., Thomas Kingdon, John Rewe, and Francis Richards. " [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

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

Cemeteries

A transcription of the Memorial Inscriptions for the Church of St John the Baptist is held in the Society of Genealogist's Library, in Vol. 6 of Devon Memorial inscriptions (DE/M19).

Whitmore, J.B. Devonshire Monumental Inscriptions, MS at Society of Genealogists (1951). [Extracts]

Church History

Netherexe - from J. Stabb. Some Old Devon Churches (London: 1908-16).

Church Records

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1731, and of the Bishops' Transcripts going back to 1609, 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 1773-1807 - for details see their book list.

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1714-1837, and Marriages 1731-1735, 1773-1807. (These entries are in part from Bishops' Transcripts.)

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

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.

Names, Personal

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

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Last updated: 22 Jun 2011 - Brian Randell

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