Clannaborough Devon Family History Guide
Clannaborough is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Alternative names: Chanaborough, Clanaborough
Parish church: St. Petrock
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1696
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CLANABOROUGH, a parish in Crediton district, Devon; adjacent to the North Devon railway, 1½ mile SSW of Copplestone r. station, and 5½ NW by W of Crediton. Post town, Copplestone, North Devon. Acres, 874. Real property, £992. Pop., 61. Houses, 9. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £156. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in 1859.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
CLANABOROUGH (St. Petrock), a parish, in the union of Crediton, hundred of North Tawton, South Molton and N. divisions of Devon, 5½ miles (W. by N.) from Crediton; containing 69 inhabitants, and consisting of 740 acres, of which 104 are common or waste. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £5. 17. 3½., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for £95, and the glebe comprises about 45 acres, with a glebe-house.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Crediton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Chumleigh
- Poor Law Union: Crediton
- Hundred: North Tawton with Winkleigh
- Province: Canterbury