Hatherleigh, Devon, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

HATHERLEIGH (St. John the Baptist), a market-town and '''parish''', in the union of Oakhampton, hundred of Black Torrington, Black Torrington and Shebbear, and N. divisions of Devon, 29 miles (W. N. W.) from Exeter. This place appears to have been formerly a borough, and to have enjoyed a separate jurisdiction: until within a comparatively recent period there was a pillory in the town. The church is in the early English style, with a tower at the west end, surmounted by a neat spire: the windows are embellished with armorial bearings in stained glass; the pulpit is richly carved, and on one side of the altar is a piscina; there are some ancient monuments.  Here are places of worship for '''Baptists''', '''Bible Christians''', and '''Plymouth Brethren'''. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51013&amp;strquery=Hatherleigh A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 435-441.</ref>