Stoodleigh, Devon
Historical Description
Stoodleigh, a parish, with a village, in Devonshire, 6 miles NNW of Tiverton station on the G.W.R. It has a post and money order office under Tiverton; telegraph office, Bampton. Acreage, 4473; population, 398. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. Stoodleigh Beacon was erected on Warbrightleigh Hill by Edward II., and has left some remains. The village is supposed to be the highest in Devonshire. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £245 with residence. The church is ancient, has an embattled tower, and was restored in 1880 at a cost of about £300.
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 | Stoodleigh St. Margaret | |
| Hundred | Witheridge | |
| Poor Law union | Tiverton |
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 Stoodleigh
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Stoodleigh from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stoodleigh (St. Margaret))
Maps
Online maps of Stoodleigh 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.