Bondleigh Devon Family History Guide
Status: Ancient Parish
Alternative names: Bundleigh, Bundley
Parish church: St. James
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1754
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607
Nonconformists include:
- Bible Christian Methodist
- Plymouth Brethren
Adjacent Parishes
- Sampford Courtenay
- Coldridge
- Zeal Monachorum
- Honeychurch
- North Tawton
- Winkleigh
- Monkokehampton
- Broadwoodkelly
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BONDLEIGH, or Bundley, a parish in Okehampton district, Devon; on the river Taw, 2 miles NNW of North Tawton, and 4½ WSW of Morchard-Road r. station. Post Town, North Tawton, North Devon. Acres, 1,784. Real property, £1,666. Pop., 279. Houses, 58. The manor belongs to the Earl of Egremont. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £232. Patron, Heirs of E. of Egremont. The church is ancient, partly Norman, with a lofty square tower. There are chapels for Baptists and Bible Christians.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
County: Devon
Civil Registration District: Okehampton
Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
Diocese: Exeter
Rural Deanery: Chumleigh
Poor Law Union: Okehampton
Hundred: North Tawton with Winkleigh
Province: Canterbury