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NYMET ROWLAND

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"NYMET ROWLAND, or Rowland's Leigh, is a small village in the Taw valley, 4 miles S. by E. of Chulmleigh, containing only 102 souls, and 591A. of land, belonging mostly to Mr. Jas. Partridge, of the Barton, and Mr. John Wreford, of Cleavehanger. The Heal farm is occupied by Mr. Cann. The manor was dismembered many years ago. The Church (St. Bartholomew,) is a small structure, with a tower and three bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £6. 1s. 3d., is in the patronage of Wm. Tanner, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. T.H. Dickinson, M.A., who has 71 acres of glebe, but no parsonage. The tithes were commuted in 1842 for £71 per annum. " [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

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

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 1719 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 1813-1841, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1734-1879 - for details see their book list.

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1719-1812 and Marriages 1734-1753.

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

Christie, Peter. The true story of the North Devon savages. Trans. Devon Assoc. 24 (1992) [Cheriton Family]

History

In Strange Company, by James Greenwood, 1874 - The North Devon Savages - from Lee Jackson's Victorian Dictionary website.

Williams, H.Fulford. Notes on the parish of Nymet Rowland, Devon. Typescript (1962) 8p. [Westcountry Studies Library - sB/NYM/0001/WIL]

Names, Personal

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

Probate Records

Summary of the will of John Wreford (1787) provided by John Moore.

Last updated: 11 Aug 2007 - Brian Randell

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