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PUDDINGTON

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"PUDDINGTON, or Podington, a small village, on an eminence near the source of the river Creedy, 7 miles N. of Crediton, and 8 miles W. by S. of Tiverton, has in its parish 212 souls, and 1361A. of land. the manor belonged at an early period to the Sackvilles, and afterwards to the Walronds. it now belongs, with most of the soil, to C.N. Welman, Esq., of Puddington Lodge, a neat thatched residence in the Italian style, on a commanding eminence. The Church (St. Thomas a Beckett,) has a tower and three bells, and has been mostly rebuilt - the north aisle in 1838, and the nave and chancel in 1848. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £6. 8s. 1½d, and in 1831 at £136, is in the patronage of C.N. Welman, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. David Llewellyn, who has a good residence on a lofty eminence, commanding beautiful prospects, extending to the two coasts of Devon. . . ." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

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

Cemeteries

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

Church Records

Transcripts of Baptisms (1790-1812), Marriages (1759-1812) and Burials (1790-1812) by Maureen Carroll.

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1555 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 1740-1812 - for details see their book list.

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

Description and Travel

Directories

Transcript of the name listing in White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devonshire (1850), made available by Nick Heard.

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

The Online Parish Clerk scheme's representative for this parish is Maureen Carroll. (Resources: Baptisms 1801-1856; Burials 1801-1812.)

History

Voce, Eileen. Gleanings from the history of Puddington (2nd ed.) Halberton: E.Voce (1989) 56p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - pB/PUD/0001/VOC]

Names, Personal

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

Names from White's Devonshire Directory (1850), provided by Nick Heard.

Schools

Voce, E. Jan Stewer: Schoolmaster, Devon Family Historian, no. 95, (2000) pp.12-18 [with photographs of Puddington School].

Last updated: 26 Nov 2010 - Brian Randell

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