Heanton Punchardon, Devon Family History Guide
HEANTON PUNCHARDON, a parish and a pleasant village on an eminence north of the Taw estuary, 4 miles WNW of Barnstaple, is in Barnstaple union and county court district, archdeaconry and rural deanery, Braunton hundred and petty sessional division, and Northern division of the county. It had 510 inhabitants 243 males 273 females in 1871, living in 105 houses, on 3020 acres of land, including the hamlets of West Ashford Chhenor and Wrafton. The greater part of the population is at Wrafton where there is a station on the Ilfracombe branch of the London and South Western Railway.
Source: History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Devon 1879 by William White (of Sheffield.)
Heanton Punchardon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Other places in the parish include: West Ashford, Wrafton, and Chivenor.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1559
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HEANTON-PUNCHARDON, a village and a parish in Barnstaple district, Devon.
The village stands near the mouth of the river Taw, 4½ miles NNW of Barnstaple r. station.
The parish contains also the hamlets of Chivenor, Wrafton, and West Ashford. Post town, Barnstaple. Acres, 3,020. Real property, £3,854. Pop., 540. Houses, 112. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to W. W. Williams, Esq. Heanton Court was formerly the seat of the Bassetts, and is now a farm house.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £431. Patron, A. D. Bassett, Esq. The church is early English, and good; comprises nave and chancel, with a lofty tower; and has a handsome carved screen and a fine canopied tomb of one of the Coffin family.
There are a Baptist chapel, and charities £14.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Residents in 1879
Bassett Rev Fras rector The Rectory
Berry George farmer Chivcnor
Berry Mrs Harriet farmer Manor farm Wrafton
Berry John farmer Eastacombe
Berry Thomas frmr Heanton court
Clarke John shopkeeper and bootmaker Wrafton
Clogg Richard farmer assistant overseer and parish clerk
Cornay Wm blacksmith Wrafton
Down Captain Wm Lloyd Springfield house
Hussey Frank Tooze land agent Manor offico
Ley Mr George Mainstone
Martin Wm farmer West Ashford
Mollon John farmer Wrafton
Newcombe Robert farmer and vict Exeter Inn Wrafton
Priscott Thomas farmer Wrafton
Sanders John tailor and postmaster Wrafton
Skinner Charles former Wrafton
Skinner John farm bailiff Horridge
Skinner John farmer Marsh
Tarr Peter corn miller and former Heanton mill
Thomas Wm Board school master
Tucker Chas station master Wrafton
Tucker Mr James Mariner
Way John former Wrafton
Webber Thomas farmer & carpenter Chivenor
Williams Sir Frederick Martin Bart M P JP Heanton house and Goonvrea Perratiarworthal Cornwall
Source: History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Devon 1879 by William White (of Sheffield.)
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Census
Census returns for Heanton-Punchardon, 1841-1891
Church Records
Heanton Punchardon : baptisms 1813-1839 Author: Devon Family History Society
Heanton Punchardon burial registers, 1800-1837 Author: Devon Family History Society
Heanton Punchardon marriage registers, 1813-1837 Author: Devon Family History Society
Court records
Taxation
Land tax assessment of Heanton-Punchardon, 1798
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Barnstaple
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Shirwell
- Poor Law Union: Barnstaple
- Hundred: Braunton
- Province: Canterbury