Farway, Devon
Historical Description
Farway, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands in a picturesque valley, flanked by bold hills, 4 miles S by E of Honiton town and station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post office under Honiton; money order and telegraph office, Honiton. The parish comprises 2587 acres; population, 292. Farway manor was given at the Conquest to the Bishop of Constance, in Normandy, and passed to the Poles, the Courtenays, and others. Netherton manor belonged to Canonsleigh Abbey, was purchased after the dissolution by Sir B. Drake, belongs now to the Prideaux-Brune family, and has a mansion of the time of James I. called Netherton Hall. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £280 with residence. The church is partly of the year 1628, but has traces of Norman, consists of nave, chancel, and north aisle, with western tower, and contains monuments to the families of Prideaux, Gould, and Atkinson; it was entirely restored in 1876. The N aisle of the church was rebuilt in 1628. It has massive Norman columns, &c. Broad Down, in the parish, is remarkable for its ancient British barrows. Farway Castle, on the highest ground, is a circular entrenchment 200 feet in diameter, surrounded by a bank.
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 | Farway St. Michael | |
| Hundred | Colyton | |
| Poor Law union | Honiton |
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 Farway
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 Farway from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Farway (St. Michael))
Maps
Online maps of Farway 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:
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.