History Index

HISTORY INDEX

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VILLAGE HISTORY The settlement of Westleigh is Saxon in origin. It featured in the Domesday Book of 1086	A Guide to the Manors of Westleigh Parish This resource links all the manorial units of Devon with the parishes in which they were situated, from Domesday Book (1086) to the abolition of copyhold tenure in 1922	CHRISTIE of Tapeley Park The following has been provided by Rosemary Lauder (who lives in the Parish) from her book "Devon Families"	Domesday Book 1085	Notes on Parish Church In 1280 occurs the first reference to a church in this Parish, though undoubtedly there it had been standing for some time then. The reference is question occurs in Bishop’s Registers, and refers to a case of “Sanctuary" having been sought in the church of St Meodam
The First Vicarage (now White Lodge) The living was originally a rectory, but in 13th century, the last Rector, Symon Stiria resigned, and the Dean and Chapter appropriated the rectorial tithe.	Muster Roll 1569	Christenings Westleigh 1560-1697	Marriages 1561-1697	1653 -1837 Westleigh STRAYS
Westleigh Hearth Tax 1674	The old Road(Track) to shore 1828	1857 Sale of three cottages	Brief Notes from Parish Meetings 4th December 1894 to 8th January 1975	First Parish Meeting 1894
White's Devonshire Directory (1850)	The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)	General History Just some odd notes	1881 Census: Residents of Barnstaple Union Workhouse, Barnstaple	Mine in Westleigh
Westleigh School 1912 /1928	Deeds of Vicarage 1930 (this was the 2nd vicarage)	Ships in River Torridge 1930	Downmans Cottages	THE TREE-RING DATING OF EASTLEIGH MANOR
Air view 1936	War Evacuees	Coronation list of Householders	Total population by age - 1991	The old Taw Vale Railway track
Church History The Church of St Peter is very ancient From the 'Pleas of the Crown' of the 13th Century	Southcott Barton By David Fryer Published in the North Devon Journal 17th August 1955	Jubilee 2002	Diptheria in Westleigh by Peter Christie !904	History of Torr House
The churchwardens of Westleigh 1707 by Peter Christie


	Westleigh Parish Heritage Forum Was set up by the Parish council but as an independent body to advise / investigate Village and Parish Heritage / History matters for the Parish Council.