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A parish in Witheridge Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and the Diocese of Exeter. According to Peskett, Warbrightsleigh, a chapel of ease in this parish, lapsed at the Reformation."STOODLEIGH is a parish and small village, 5 miles south-south-west from Bampton station on the Exe Valley line of the Great Western railway and 5¾ north-north-west from Tiverton, in the North Eastern division of the county, hundred of Witheridge, Cullompton petty sessional district, Tiverton union and county court district, rural deanery of Tiverton West, and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Margaret is an edifice of stone in the Early English and Later styles. . . . the edifice was restored during 1872-80, chiefly by members of the Daniel family and the Rev. J. Bockett M.A. late rector, at a cost of £2,300: the stained east window is a memorial to the late Thomas Daniel esq. d. 1872, and his wife, and was inserted in 1880; and there are others to the Daniel family. A clock, given by Mrs. Dunning, of Stoodleigh Court, was placed in the tower Feb. 1897: the church affords 304 sittings. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1603; marriages and burials, 1597. . . . The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 4,459 acres of land and 14 of water; rateable value £2,972; the population in 1901 was 369." [From: Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, 1902]
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The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837 - for details see their book list.
Nothing entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993).
Stoodleigh parish web-site - local information, photographs.
The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
The Online Parish Clerk scheme's representative for this parish is Martin Burch, who invites queries and lookup requests. (Resources: Bapt & Bur to 1812; Marriages to 1753.) Please note that access to PRs will take approx 2 weeks or so from time of request.
Sue Davey's Stoodleigh pages provide historical information, and parish register extracts.
Stoodleigh contributors to a 1678 brief for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral.
Transcriptions of the wills of Christopher Venner (1822) and Christopher Venner (1865), provided by Christine Gibbins.
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Last updated: 12 Dec 2011 - Brian Randell
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