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A parish in Wonford Hundred, and the Archdeaconry and Diocese of Exeter."OGWELL (WEST) is a small parish adjoining East Ogwell, about two miles S.W. of Newton-Abbot. It has only 51 souls, and about 1000 acres of land, generally fertile, and finely undulated. At Domesday Survey the manor was held by Wm. Pictavensis, or Peytevin. It was sold by one of the Earls of Devon to the Reynell family, and is now the property of General Thos. Wm. Taylor, C.B., who is Lieut.- Governor of the Military College at Sandhurst, and has a handsome seat here, called OGWELL HOUSE, pleasantly situated in a small deer park, finely clothed with wood, and now occupied by H.C.B. Barton, Esq., and Mrs. Barton. The Church is a small plastered fabric, with a tower and three bells, and contains several neat monuments." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
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Adams, Maxwell. Some Notes on the Churches and Manors of East and West Ogwell. Trans. Devon Assoc. (1900), vol. 32, pp.229-248. [Westcountry Studies Library s725.6/EAS/AD]
West Ogwell - from J. Stabb. Some Old Devon Churches (London: 1908-16).
McDermott, Mark. West Ogwell Church, Devon. Churches Conservation Trust (1996) [8]p: ill, plan. [Westcountry Studies Library - p726.5/WES/McD]
The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1843, Burials 1813-1839 - for details see their book list.
Among the records for this parish provided by Devon Heritage are transcripts of Burials for 1837-1917.
Nothing entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993).
Transcription provided by Val Henderson of the entry (description and names) in Morris and Co's Commercial Directory and Gazetteer of Devonshire 1870.
The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
The Online Parish Clerk for this parish is Marlene Ball, who invites queries and lookup requests. (Resources: PRs.)
This parish is one of the growing number of places for which the Devon Heritage website provides census or parish register transcriptions, articles, and/or illustrations, etc.
Gibson, Barbara. The Story of West Ogwell House (c1970) 25p. [Very limited stocks: available while they last from the Convent of St John the Baptist, Hatch Lane, Windsor, Berks SL4 3QR] [Includes details of the Taylor and Reynell families.]
Adams, Maxwell. Some notes on the churces and manors of East and West Ogwell. Trans. Devon Assoc. (1909). [Westcountry Studies Library - s726.5/ASH/ADA]
Ogwell History Society has information relating to the history of East and West Ogwell and notably has some interesting documents concerning the Scratton family - Peter Young is willing to receive queries.
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