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UPTON HELLIONS

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"UPTON HELLIONS, in the picturesque valley of the small river Creedy, two miles N. by E. of Crediton, is a village and parish, containing only 146 inhabitants, and about 1000 acres of fertile land. Mrs. Guerin owns the manor and farm of Helions Barton, anciently held by the Helion family. Sir. H.R.F. Davie, Bart., owns Creedy Widger, or Lower Creedy. Mr. W.C. Dicker owns the estate called Haske, or Husk; and J.C. Luxmore, Esq., owns Merifield, or Merryvale. The Church (St. Mary,) is an ancient structure, with a tower and one bell, and the living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £10. 6s. 8d., and in 1831 at £275, is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. W. Wellington, B.A., who has a large and handsome, residence, commanding a fine view of Creedy Park, on the opposite side of the river, The house was much enlarged by a late rector, - the Rev. James Carrington, who died in 1794, and has a handsome monument in the church, The poor have the dividends of £132. 8s. 10d., four per cent stock, purchased with money given by various donors." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

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

Cemeteries

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

Church History

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

Church Records

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1678, and of the Bishops' Transcripts going back to 1611, 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): Baptisms 1813-1842, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1678-1929 - for details see their book list.

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

• Wesleyan Chapel: Registers for c1818-37 - see Exeter Mint (PRO RG 4/1207)

Description and Travel

Conservation Area Appraisal for Upton Hellions - an interesting account of the area, with numerous photographs and maps.

Gazetteers

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

History

Munday, Daphne. A parish patchwork. [Sandford]: D. Munday (1985) xiv, 294 pp. ill., maps, facsims., plans, ports. ISBN: 0951042408 (pbk). [Pat Gallin <gallin@faroc.com.au>: an excellent commentary on the villages of New Buildings, Preston Village,West Sandford, East Village, Sandford and Upton Hellions.]

Williams, H. Fulford. Notes on the parish of Upton Hellions, Devon. Typescript (1965) 7p. [Westcountry Studies - sB/UPT 3/0001/WIL]

Names, Personal

Upton Hellions contributors to a 1678 brief for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral.

Last updated: 28 Nov 2010 - Brian Randell

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