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"EAST TEIGNMOUTH parish contains 670 acres, and had only 484 inhabitants in 1801, but they had increased to 1576 in 1841. . . . The Earl of Devon is lord of the manor of East Teignmouth . . . which was long held by the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. . . . East Teignmouth Church (St. Michael,) was rebuilt in 1822-3, and is a neat cruciform structure, with a tower containing a clock and a bell. The interior is well arranged, and has a finely carved altar-piece, over which is a painting of Christ, crowned with thorns. The perpetual curacy, valued in K.B. at £11. 18s., and in 1831 at £135, is in the patronage of the Vicar of Dawlish, and incumbency of the Rev. W.P. Richards, B.C.L. There is neither glebe nor parsonage, and the great tithes are in the same appropriation as those of Dawlish, to which East Teignmouth was formerly a parochial chapelry. . . . " [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

Church History

Cresswell, Beatrix F. The parish church of St. Michael, East Teignmouth. Teignmouth: T.H. Aggett (1924) 16p, ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - 726.5/TEI/CRE]

Church Records

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1665, and of the Bishops' Transcripts going back to 1606, 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 1813-1837, together with Burials 1809-1836 for Zion Independent Chapel - for details see their book list.

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1606-1837, and Marriages 1606-1620, 1633-1641, 1666-1837.

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Names, Personal

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

Last updated: 11 Jan 2008 - Brian Randell

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