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A parish in East Budleigh Hundred, and the Archdeaconry and Diocese of Exeter. Peskett: this parish was originally a chapelry of East Budleigh . . . St John the Evangelist is a modern church (1864) reflecting the spread of Exmouth town into this parish; All Saints, Exmouth (1897) is a chapel of ease of Withycombe Raleigh; Hulham is a village in this parish."WITHYCOMBE-RALEIGH, or Withecombe Raleigh, a pleasant scattered village, with several handsome villas, "c., from one to two miles N.E. of Exmouth, has in its parish 1882 acres of land, bounded on the west by the broad estuary of the river Exe. It had 1922 inhabitants in 1841, including 702 residing in that part of the town of Exmouth which lies in this parish, and where many new houses have been erected during the last few years. The parish has now more than 2300 inhabitants, and the soil belongs to various freeholders. . . . The manor of Withycombe-Clavill belongs to Edward Divett, Esq., and was anciently held by the Clavills by the service of finding the king two arrows stuck in an oaten cake whenever he came to hunt in Dartmoor. The manor of Broadham and Rill belongs to W.H. Hull, Esq., who has a pleasant seat here, called Marpool Hall, . . . The old parish church, commonly called St. John's in the Wilderness, was taken down on account of its inconvenient situation about 1748, except for its tower and north aisle, still used for sepultural purposes. These venerable remains are in a sequestered spot, more than a mile from Withycombe village, where a New Church (St. John the Baptist,) was built by subscription in 1720, on the site of an old chapel of ease. . . . The benefice is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of East Budleigh. . . " [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
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A transcription of the Memorial Inscriptions for the Plymouth Brethren Burial Ground, and the Church of St John, is held in the Society of Genealogist's Library, in Vol. 8 of Devon Memorial inscriptions (DE/M23).
Moss, Oswald P. Plymouth Brethren - Withycombe Raleigh - Burial Register. Devon Family Historian 15 (July 1980) pp. 8-9.
Parker, Brian and Newington-irving, N.J.N. Withycombe Raleigh MIs 1914-1918. Bulletin of the Military Historical Society 59, 233 (nd).
St John in the Wilderness - from J. Stabb. Some Old Devon Churches (London: 1908-16).
Old Picture Postcard photograph of the Church of St John in the Wilderness, provided by Adrienne Richards.
A la Ronde and Point-in-View, Exmouth, East Devon, by Keith Searle.
Minter, L Clark. A pair of Devon gems. Devon Life vol. 9 no. 71 (1972) pp.35. [Point in View Chapel]
Tobin, F.G. Raleigh and Drake inscriptions in St John's in the Wilderness. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 8:2, (1914) pp.46-47. [From Notes by Dean Milles. See Reichel, vol.8, pp.81-83.]
Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1562 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 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837, together with Glenorchy Independent Chapel Burials 1784-1818 - for details see their book list.
Other churches and chapels (with pre-1840 records):
The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
Henry Young's Family in 1851 by Patricia Braga
P., M.A. Raleigh inscriptions in St John's-in-the-Wilderness. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 8:4, (1914) pp.100-103. [Refers to vol.8, p.46, par.48.]
Barber, Donald R. A Short History of the Mary Parminter Charity known as the Point in View Trust, Plymouth, Guild of Social Services. [SoG Library DE Tracts Box]
Edwards, E. Devonshire - Containing Historical, Biographical and Descriptive Notices of Exmouth & its Neighbourhood, including the Exe, Littleham, Withycombe Raleigh, East Budleigh, Otterton and Bicton, Sidmouth and Sidbury, Gittisham, Ottery St. Mary, Lympstone, and Topsham; with Notices of the Pedigree of the Rolle, Raleigh, and Courtney Families, &c. Contains Notices of some Picturesque and Antiquarian Excursions in the neighbourhood of the Exe Estuary, and along the adjacent coast, including Budleigh Salterton, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Torquay, &c., Exeter, S. Drayton & Sons (1867) 362 pp.
Harrison, Ernest Weller. The Parish of Withycombe Raleigh, Devon. [With illustrations], S.P.C.K.: London, [1935].
Sheppard, Lilian. Raleigh's birthplace: the story of East Budleigh: historical jottings of East Budleigh, Bicton, Salterton, Otterton and Withycombe: [Budleigh Salterton] [Granary] [c1983] [BL X.809/58432]
Stocker, Sally et al. Withycombe Raleigh of Yesteryear - part 1, Exeter: Obelisk (2005) 32 pp. mainly ill. [ISBN 10903585465] [DFHS Library p942.35/WIT]
Stocker, Sally et al. Withycombe Raleigh of Yesteryear - part 2, Exeter: Obelisk (2005) 32 pp. mainly ill. [ISBN 10903585473] [DFHS Library p942.35/WIT]
Williams, Meta E. Memorials of Withycombe Raleigh. Photocopy of typescript (1946) 484 leaves in 2 vol. [Westcountry Studies Library - xB/WIT 7/0001/WIL]
Digitised 1840 tithe maps, including one of this parish, are available on the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership's website.
A Woman's Touch in a Man's World - description and history of A la Ronde.
Elliot, John. Homes and gardens - A La Ronde, Exmouth. Devon Life vol. 10 no. 85 (1973) pp.24-25; ill.
Phear, Sir. J.B. Note on a Court Roll of Hulham Manor. (1890) [Westcountry Studies Library]
Map of the area from OldeMaps (circa 1950).
Withycombe Raleigh Apprentices Register - 1803-1834, Exeter, Devon Family History Society. [SoG Library DE/G 97]
Exmouth Herald and Exmouth Journal websites.
Apportionment of the rent-charge in lieu of tithes in the parish of Withycombe Rawleigh in the County of Devon. London: Standidge & Co (1838) 35p, 1pl: maps. [Westcountry Studies Library - s336.22/WIT/APP]Find help, report problems, and contribute information.
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