Genealogy Wise
Feniton, Devonshire
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The Huxtable Family
Some Huxtable notes.Marion / Mary Ann Hayman married William Huxtable Dec QTR 1846 at Ottertonref St Thomas Vol 19 page 345Susan Bending b1822 Ottery St Mary, DEV married in1847 to John Huxtable, Ottery St Mary, At marriage Susan was a silk winder, and on the 1841 census-20-silk winder-Fair Mile,…
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Cadaver Tomb
The Cadaver talk given by Rohan Brown and Dr. Christina Welch 2nd Jun 2011 We were told that the name of our tomb should be a “Transi Tomb” and not a Memento Mori Tomb. This is because a depiction of a rotting cadaver in art is called a transias opposed to a skeleton tomb. Memento mori can be…
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Malherbe
The Feniton History Group and Feniton Church hosted a talk on the Malherbe family. This family held the Manor of Feniton from 1146 until 1555. At one time the village was known as Finneton Malherbe. Our speaker was Professor Gordon Reeves, who after retirement from a career in medicine, took up…
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The Feniton History Group
To follow up the very successful "History Days" held in the village in 2008 we have sent up a casual history meeting group for the village, we meet as and when in a member's home and have a varied chat over a cuppa.Our current project is to sort and index an archive of Feniton material placed in…
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On Line Parish Clerk (OPC)
The OPC scheme is part of the GENUKI/Devon genealogical website. I have taken on that role and welcome any queries relating to families and the history of the village and the railway.I am pleased to announce, that, with much help from Geoff Broadhurst and his helpers I am able to have transcripts…
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Feniton Men who died in WW2
CWGC http://www.cwgc.org/default.aspIn Memory ofFlight Lieutenant WALTER PAUL CLIFFORD136405, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reservewho died age 24on 16 October 1945Son of the Revd. Walter Henry Clifford and Gertrude E. Clifford, of Bambalapitiya,…
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Feniton Church - St. Andrews
The churchwarden, David Lanning has done some research into the stained glass windows:Comper Windows on the North Side of the ChurchJohn Ninian Comper was born in Aberdeen on 10 June 1864, the eldest of the five children of the Reverend John Comper, Rector of St John's Episcopal Church, and his…
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Feniton extract from "Devon" by W.G.Hoskins (1954),
FENITON is a neat, well-cared-for village, set in park-like country. Feniton Court, a Georgian house, was the birthplace of John Coleridge Patteson (1827-71), first missionary bishop of Melanesia, murdered by natives in 1871. His farther, Sir John Patteson, distinguished judge, died at Feniton,…
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Domesday Book Entry for Feniton
"Drogo holds Feniton from the Count. Edmer held it before 1066. It paid tax for 3 hides. Land for 6 ploughs. Drogo has in lordship 1/2 hide and 1/s plough.8 villagers, 4 smallholders and 2 slaves (have) 2 1/2 hides. Meadow, 15 acres, pasture, 100 acres, woodland, 6 acres, 5 pigs, 15 sheep.Formerly…
