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STOCKLEIGH POMEROY

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"STOCKLEIGH POMEROY, on a bold eminence, four miles N.E. of Crediton, is a village and parish, containing 258 souls, and 1239A. 2R. 5P. of land. It was long held by the ancient family of Pomeroy, but is now the property of Sir H.F.R. Davie, Bart. The Church (St. Mary,) has an embattled tower and two bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £15. 6s. 8d,, and in 1831 at £260, is in the patronage of the Bishop of Exeter, and incumbency of the Rev. Thomas Young, who has a good residence, with tasteful grounds. The poor have the interest of £112, given by various donors. The glebe is 46A., and the tithes were commuted in 1841 for £180 :- Wm. R. Cockram, schoolmaster; Rd. Harvey, cattle dealer; James Yendell, butcher: Rev. Thomas Young, Rectory; and John Bodley, Wm. Strong, Jas. Tuckett, John Tuckett, and Jno. Webber, farmers." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
A parish in West Budleigh Hundred, the Archdeaconry and the Diocese of Exeter.

General information:

Biography

Roberts, Robert. Diary and household account book of Robert Roberts, yeoman, of Stockleigh Pomeroy, Devon. 1622-1646. Typescript (1939) 90p.

Cemeteries

MIs for this parish are included in the Devon FHS index - see under Cemeteries on the main Devon page.

A transcription of the Memorial Inscriptions for the Church of St Mary the Virgin is held in the Society of Genealogist's Library, in Vol. 7 of Devon Memorial inscriptions (DE/M20).

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

Church History

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

Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1558 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 1558 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 1752-1837 - for details see their book list.

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1602-1837, and Marriages 1560-1837.

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.

History

Reichel, Oswald J. The Stockleigh parishes, near Crediton, and some of their surroundings. Trans. Devon Assoc. 28 (1896) pp. 354-361.

Land and Property

Karkeek, Paul Q. Extracts from a Memorandum Book Belonging to Thomas Roberts and Family of Stockleigh Pomeroy. Trans. Devon Assoc. 10 (1878) pp.315-319. [17th c.]
Risk, J.Erskine. The Stockleigh parishes, near Crediton, and some of their surroundings. Trans. Devon. Assoc. 28, (1896) pp.354-361.

Names, Personal

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

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