North Huish
North Huish is a village, civil parish, former ecclesiastical parish and former manor in the South Hams district of Devon, England. The village is situated about 8 miles south-west of the town of Totnes. The civil parish had a population of 360 in the 2001 census.
St Mary's Church
St Mary's Church, the parish church built in the 14th century, is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[1] It was declared redundant on 1 March 1993, and was vested in the Trust on 10 August 1998.[2]
Manor
During the reign of King Richard I (1189-1199) the manor was held by John Damarell[3] (Latinized to de Albamara), whose male descendants held it for many generations. It then passed to the Trenchard family and thence to Tremain[4] (alias Tremayn) of Collacombe.[5]
Historic estates
Within the parish are situated various historic estates including:
- Norreys,[6] a seat of the le Norreys family until the reign of King Edward III (1327-1377),[7] when the heiress married Sir John Fortescue (fl.1422) of Shepham,[8] Captain of the captured Castle of Meaux, 25 miles north-east of Paris, following the Siege of Meaux during the Hundred Years' War.
- Boterford.[9]
- Black Hall, a seat of a junior branch of the Fowell family of nearby Fowelscombe[10] in the parish of Ugborough.
References
- ^ St Mary's Church, North Huish, Devon, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 2 April 2011
- ^ Diocese of Exeter: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 4, retrieved 2 April 2011
- ^ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.300 "Northiwis"
- ^ Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.179
- ^ Pole, p.300
- ^ Pole, p.300
- ^ Risdon, p.179
- ^ Pole, p.301
- ^ Risdon, p.180
- ^ Polwhele, Richard, History of Devonshire, 3 Vols., London, 1793, Vol.3, p.460
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