Broad Nymet, Devon
Historical Description
Broad-Nymet, a chapelry in North Tawton parish, Devonshire, 1 mile W of Bow and 6 W of Yeoford railway station. The living is a sinecure rectory in the diocese of Exeter. The church is Early English, and has interesting features, but has gone to ruin.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Devon | |
Hundred | North Tawton | |
Poor Law union | Crediton |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Broad Nymet from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Nymett, Broad)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Devon online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the County of Devon in the year 1564, with additions from the earlier visitation of 1531, is online.
The Visitations of the County of Devon, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620, with additions by Lieutant-Colonel J.L. Vivian, published for the author by Henry S. Eland, Exeter 1895 is online.