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SUTCOMBE

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"SUTCOMBE, a pleasant village, on the north side of the small river Waldon, five miles N. by W. of Holsworthy, has in its parish 523 souls, and 3953 acres of land. The manorial rights are very small, and the nominal lord of the manor is Mr. Walter, of West Putford. Earl Stanhope owns a great part of the parish, and the rest belongs to Wm. Allin, Esq., of Theoborough, or Thoborough, and a number of smaller owners. The Church (St. Andrew,) is an ancient structure, with a fine Norman porch, and a tower and three bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £17. 10s. 7½d., and in 1831 at £201, is in the patronage of the Rev. W.B. Coham, LL.B., and incumbency of the Rev. F.H. Briggs, M.A., who has 67½ acres of glebe, and a handsome residence, built in 1849-'50, and having tasteful grounds. . . ." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

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

Cemeteries

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

Aldridge, Nicola. (trans.) Sutcombe (St Andrew). Devonshire monumental inscriptions, vol. 10 (1998). [SoG DE/M25]

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

Census

Snetzler, M.F. North Devon Surname Index to the Census. Microfiche: M.F. Snetzler, Barcott, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Devon EX39 5LN. [Covers 1841, 1861, 1871 and 1881 census records for this parish]

Church History

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

Prideaux, Edith K. Sutcombe church and its builders. Exeter: J.G. Commin (1913) 46, [2] pp. fold. front. (plan) illus., plates, fold. geneal. tables (in pocket). (Devon and Cornwall notes & queries, vol. 8, pt. 2.)

Church Records

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1654, and of the Bishops' Transcripts going back to 1597, 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 1800-1837 - for details see their book list.

Other churches and chapels (with pre-1840 records):

• Wesleyan Chapel, Upcott: Registers for c1817-37 - see Holsworthy (PRO RG 4/1210)

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

Rowland Family Tree web-site (archived copy).

History

Williams, H. Fulford. Notes on the parish of Sutcombe, Devon. Typescript (1964) 8p. [Westcountry Studies Library - sB/SUT/0001/WIL]

Names, Personal

Transcription by J.M. Jolliffe of the Sutcombe section of the Devon Protestation Return (1642) held in the House of Lords Record Office.

Probate Records

Transcription of the will of George Prideaux (1651) by J. M. Jolliffe.

Summary of the will of Michael Mallet (1636), provided by Mike Mallett.

Last updated: 20 Feb 2011 - Brian Randell

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