Dunterton, Devon
Historical Description
Dunterton, a parish in Devonsliire, on the river Tamar, 5 miles SE by S of Launceston, and 4 SSW of Lifton station on the G.W.R. It contains the hamlet of Eastacott, and its post town is Milton-Abbot, under Tavistock; money order office, Lifton; telegraph office, Launceston. Acreage, 1206; population, 86. A fine waterfall, over a rocky precipice 100 high, occurs in a stream flowing to the Tamar. There are two ancient mounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; value, £309 with residence. The church is chiefly Decorated English, consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with a handsome tower, and is in good condition. A chantry chapel stood in Chapel-Field, and the remains of it were converted into a cow-house.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Devon | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Dunterton All Saints | |
Hundred | Lifton | |
Poor Law union | Tavistock |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the South West Heritage Trust, Parochial Church Council, and Devon Family History Society have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Dunterton
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 Dunterton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Dunterton (All Saints))
Maps
Online maps of Dunterton 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:
Villages, Hamlets, &c
Eastacott (Dunterton)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.