Combinteignhead, Devon

Historical Description

Combinteignhead or Combe-in-Teignhead, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands in the Teign valley, about half a mile from the Teign river, 3 miles E of Newton Abbott station on the G.W.R., and 5 N of Torquay. The parish includes also the hamlets of Combe Cellars, Netherton, and Rocombe. Post town, Teignmouth; telegraph office, Shaldon. Population, 520. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; value, £350. The church is old, consists of nave, chancel, north and south aisles, with a square tower, has a carved oak screen, and was restored in 1887-88. In 1885 this parish was annexed to the adjoining one of Haccombe for civil purposes, and is now known as Haccombe-with-Combe.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Combinteignhead from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Combeinteignhead)

Maps

Online maps of Combinteignhead are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Devon online:

• Western Times
• Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
• Western Morning News
• North Devon Journal
• Exeter Flying Post

Villages, Hamlets, &c

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.