Hennock

HENNOCK parish, which includes the hamlets of Knighton, or Cudleigh Knighton, and Warmhill, is in Newton Abbot union and county court district, Teignbridge hundred and petty sessional division, Eastern division of the county, Totnes archdeaconry, and Moreton rural deanery. It had 887 inhabitants (447 males, 440 females) in 1871, living in 177 houses, on 3469 acres of land. Hennock village is situated on an eminence overlooking the Teign valley, 3 miles W.N.W. of Chudleigh. Lead, copper, tin And iron ore mines were formerly worked in this parish, but they are now closed. Pipe and pottery clay is found at Knighton. The parish is mostly in the same manors as Bovey Tracey; but the soil is chiefly freehold, belonging to R. Pulsford, Esq., Sir L. Palk, Lord Exmouth, the Duke of Somerset, and others. The CHURCH. (St. Mary) is a large ancient edifice in the Early Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, north and south aisles, south porch, and tower containing four bells. It was thoroughly restored in 1875 at a cost of £1400, raised by subscription, T. Wills, Esq., of Kelly, giving £1000. Its ancient Norman font, and the holy-water stoup in the porch, still remain; and there is a very old oak rood screen, one of the most beautiful screens in Devonshire. A window in the south aisle has been filled with stained glass in memory of the late George Wills, Esq., of Kelly. The living is a vicarage, valued in K.B. at £16, and now at £570, in the patronage of Mr. R. Riley and Miss White, and incumbency of the Rev. John Fitzwalter Nagle-Gillman, M.D., who has a good residence, and a glebe of 20 acres. The tithes were commuted in 1838–the vicarial for £233, and the rectorial for £168. The latter are held by the Corporation of Exeter, as the advowson of a city lectureship. KNIGHTON CHAPEL OF EASE is a neat structure of flint and limestone in the Early English style, and was built by subscription and grants, in 1841-2, at the cost of £900. The church has been endowed with £1000, and the Rev. P. Sandilands, of Newton, is the curate. An ancient Episcopal chapel, at Knighton, was turned into a barn many years ago. The WESLYANS have a chapel in the parish. The poor have an acre of land, given by John Stooke, in 1692, and the interest of £5, left by Elizabeth Gribble in 1726. The School Board was formed on March 13, 1875, and consists of Lt.-Colonel Vaughton (chairman), Joseph S. Bawdon, Esq. (vice-chairman), the Rev. John F. Nagle-Gillman, Mr. G. Stooke, and Mr. R. Northcott. Mr. W. Whitcombe is the clerk. The Board uses the old parish school, which is about to be enlarged, the tender (£365 10s.) of Mr. Mardon, Bovey Tracey, being accepted.

POST OFFICE at Mr. Thomas Northcott's, Knighton. Letters are received at 5.40 from, and are despatched at 7.16 p.m. to, Newton Abbot.

POST OFFICE at Mr. William Whitcombe's, Hennock. Letters are received at 8 a.m. from, and are despatched at 5 p.m.. to Bovey Tracey. Bovey Tracey (distant 1¾ mile) is the nearest Money Order Office and Railway Station.