Hennock, Devon Family History Guide
Hennock is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon. Chudleigh Knighton is a chapelry of Hennock.
Hennock parish, which includes the hamlets of Knighton or Chudleigh Knighton, and Warmhill, is in Newton Abbot union and county court district, Teignbridge hundred and petty sessional division, Eastern division of the county, Totnes archdeaconry, and Moreton rural deanery. It had 887 inhabitants 447 males 440 females in 1871, living in 177 houses on 3409 acres of land. Hennock village is situated on an eminence overlooking the Teign valley, 3 miles WNW of Chudleigh. Lead, copper, tin, and iron ore mines were formerly worked in this parish, but they are now closed. Pipe and potter’s clay is found at Knighton.
Source: History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Devon 1879 by William White.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1541
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HENNOCK, a village and a parish in Newton-Abbot district, Devon.
The village stands near the river Teign and the Moreton-Hampstead railway, 3 miles WNW of Chudleigh, and 6 SE by S of Moreton-Hampstead; and has a post office under Exeter.
The parish includes also the hamlet of Knighton. Acres, 3,469. Real property, £4,164. Pop. in 1851, 894; in 1861, 1,004. Houses, 190. The property is subdivided. The tract around the village is romantic, and abounds with lofty picturesque rocks; one of which, called the Botter rock, commands an extensive view. Tin and iron ore are plentiful.
The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Knighton, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £233. Patron, the Rev. R. W. Riley. The church is early perpendicular English, and has a turretted tower.
There are a chapel of ease, in the early English style, at Knighton; a small Wesleyan chapel, in Hennock village; and a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Residents in 1879
Bawdon Joseph farmer Leigh
- Bray John vict Clay Cutters Arms
Chichester Mrs Charlotte Stokelake
Cox Joseph farmer Crockham
- Davy Miss Mary Eliz H Church hs
- Dawe John shopkeeper
- Gibbs Thomas baker
Gillman Rev John Fitzwalter Nagle MA vicar
Hellier Mrs Eliz farmer Warmhill
Job Henry blacksmith
Lee John farmer Caunter
- Loveys Frederick vict Anchor Inn
Loveys James farmer Fords
Loveys John Clampit farmr Huxbear
Loveys William sexton
- Milton William farmer
- Northcott Thos thatcher & postmstr
- Parr Mrs Sarah lodgings
Pethybridge William shopkeeper
Pulsford Mr R. Pitt house
Sandercock William baker and victualler Palk Arms
Sercombe John miller
- Shepherd Miss Mercy National schoolmistress
Snell John shoemaker
Soper Mrs Lucy farmer Riley
Stoneman farmer Lyneham
Stooke George farmer Botter
Toms Miss Board schoolmistress
Townsend John beerhouse
Vaughton Lieut Culonel Woodhouse
Ware Robert farmer Pitt farm
Warren Miss Charlotte Hazlewood hs
Whitcombe William grocer rate collector assistant oversr & postmstr
Windsor Joseph farmer Crockham
- Wroford Mr Saml Teign Lawn vla
Source: History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Devon 1879 by William White.
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Census
Census returns for Hennock, 1841-1891
Church Records
Hennock baptisms 1813-1840 Author: Devon Family History Society
Hennock burial registers, 1813-1837 Author: Devon Family History Society
Hennock marriage registers Author: Devon Family History Society
Deanery of Moreton Author: Devon Family History Society
Court records
Taxation
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Newton Abbot
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Moreton
- Poor Law Union: Newton Abbot
- Hundred: Teignbridge
- Province: Canterbury