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Holcombe Burnell, Devon, England Genealogy (view source)
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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
HOLCOMBE-BURNELL (St. John the Baptist), a '''parish''', in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of Wonford, Wonford and S. divisions of Devon, 4½ miles (W. by S.) from Exeter. The church has an ornamented doorway in the Norman style. Near the old manorial mansion, built in the reign of Henry VIII., and since converted into a farmhouse, was anciently a chapel.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51037&strquery=HOLCOMBE-BURNELL A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 527-530.</ref> | HOLCOMBE-BURNELL (St. John the Baptist), a '''parish''', in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of Wonford, Wonford and S. divisions of Devon, 4½ miles (W. by S.) from Exeter. The church has an ornamented doorway in the Norman style. Near the old manorial mansion, built in the reign of Henry VIII., and since converted into a farmhouse, was anciently a chapel.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51037&strquery=HOLCOMBE-BURNELL#s3 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 527-530. Date accessed: 9 July 2013</ref> | ||
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