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A parish in Exminster Hundred, and the Archdeaconry and Diocese of Exeter, 3 miles E. of Chudleigh."WEST TEIGNMOUTH is divided from [East Teignmouth] only by a small brook, and contains 403 acres of land, and increased its inhabitants from 1528 in 1801, to 2883 in 1841. The Earl of Devon is lord of the manor of East Teignmouth, and Lord Clifford of West Teignmouth, the former of which was long held by the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, and the latter by the Bishops of Exeter. . . . West Teignmouth was a celebrated haven for ships at an early period, the river being then navigable for large ships, and having no shifting bar at the entrance. . . . West Teignmouth Church (St. James,) was rebuilt about [1822-3], at the cost of more than £4000. It is a large octagonal structure, possessing in its outward character very little attraction. The interior, although of a novel and singular appearance, has some pretensions to architectural taste . . . . The living is a perpetual curacy, valued at £157, in the patronage of the Vicar of Bishop's Teignton, and incumbency of the Rev. L. Gwyne, M.A. . . . " [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
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Cresswell, B.F. Notes on the Churches of the Deanery of Kenn, Devon, (1912). [Extracts]
Bradley, T.Phyllis. St. James the Less, Teignmouth: 700th anniversary 1268-1968. [Teignmouth?]: [The Church?] (1968) 22p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - p726.5/TEI/BRA]
Jordan, Mary H. The [St Mary] Magdalen lands of West Teignmouth. Trans. Dev. Assoc. 41 (1909).
Jordan, M.I. and W., F.C. West Teignmouth Church, dedicated to St James the Less. Trans. Devon Assoc. 36 (1904) pp.257-278. [Raymond: Includes list of rectors, vicars and curates.]
Jordan, Flora. The parish church of West Teignmouth. Plymouth: G.P.Butcher (1910) 35p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - s726.5/TEI/JOR]
Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1706, and of the Bishops' Transcripts going back to 1615, 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 - for details see their book list.
Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1615-1837, and Marriages 1615-1641, 1666-1837, Wesleyan Chapel Christenings 1813-1837 (These entries are in part from Bishops' Transcripts.).
Heath, David. The Heath Family in Australia - Sister Eileen, Devon Family Historian, vol. 138, (2011) pp.13-14. [Descendants of Henry Heath, b. 1828 West Teignmouth, who emigrated to Australia in 1857]
Jordan, Mary Hall. Leaves from the notebook of John Risdon of Netherton Manor and West Teignmouth. Trans. Dev. Assoc. 40, 1908, pp. 138-47. [Raymond: Includes pedigree of Risdon of Bableigh, 15-18th c., and monumental inscriptions, etc.]
West Teignmouth contributors to a 1678 brief for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral.
Transcription of the will of John Wingett (1856), transcribed by Pam Jackson, and provided by Sandra Windeatt.
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