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"COMB PYNE, or Coompyne, a small village and parish, 3 miles W. of Lyme Regis, and 4½ miles S. of Axminster, has only 143 inhabitants, and 796 acres of land. H. Knight, Esq., is owner of nearly all the soil, lord of the manor, and patron of the rectory, valued in K.B. at £8. 11. 8d., and in 1831 at £127. The Rev. Z.J. Edwards, M.A., of Axminster, is the present rector, and has about 30 acres of glebe. The parsonage is a small cottage. The tithes were commuted, in 1845, for £120 per annum. The Church (St. Mary,) is an interesting little structure, with some very ancient communion plate. The manor was long held by the Coffin and Pyne families, and afterwards by the Bonvilles, Greys, and Petres. Directory :- James Loveridge, blacksmith; Thos. Snell, parish clerk; Fras. Symes, tailor; and Robert Bentley, Thos. Marshall, and John Morey, farmers." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

A parish in Axminster Hundred, the Archdeaconry and the Diocese of Exeter.

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Cemeteries

MIs for this parish are included in the Incledon index - see under Cemeteries on the main Devon page.

Matthews, A.W. Ye Old Mortality. vol. 8 (1909) pp. 868-893. [MS, Society of Genealogists]

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Church History

Barton, Cecil E. A short account of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Combe Pyne: its structure, plate and bells, with a list of the rectors. [Combpyne?]: [The Church?] [1907?] 8p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - p726.5/COM/BAR]

The church of St. Mary the Virgin, Combpyne with Rousdon. [Combpyne?]: [The Church?] [1982?] 6p. [Westcountry Studies Library - p726.5/COM/CHU]

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Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1685 are held in the Devon Record Office.

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1685 are held in a special collection in the Westcountry Studies Library.

The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1796-1847 - for details see their Devon Parish List.

The members' area of the Devon FHS website makes available online images, not at present (Jan 2016) available elsewhere, of the Parish Registers covering Combpyne Baptisms: 1813-1905, Marriages: 1839-1914, Burials: 1813-1907.

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1685-1837, and Marriages 1690-1837.

The Deanery of Honiton: CD-ROM CD041, Exeter, Devon FHS (2013). [Axminster Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Axmouth Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1603-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Chardstock Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Colyton Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1538-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Combpyne Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1757-1836, Bur: 1796-1847; Cotleigh Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Dalwood Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Farway Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1800-1837; Gittisham Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1838, Bur: 1800-1837; Hawkchurch Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1838; Honiton Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Honiton Ind, Bur: 1774-1837; Kilmington Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Membury Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Monkton Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1814-1842; Musbury Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Northleigh Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1756-1836, Bur: 1813-1837; Offwell Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1800-1837; Seaton & Beer Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1839, Bur: 1813-1837; Shute Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Southleigh Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1756-1837, Bur: 1800-1837; Stockland Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1640-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Thorncombe Bapt: 1813-1837, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1841; Uplyme Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1838, Bur: 1813-1837; Wambrook Bapt: 1813-1904, Mar: 1754-1836; Widworthy Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1954, Bur: 1790-1837.]

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Description & Travel

Section on Combpyne from Samuel Lewis: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831), provided by Mel Lockie.

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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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History

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Maps

View a map of the boundaries of this town/parish.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY290923 (Lat/Lon: 50.725965, -3.007266), Combpyne which are provided by:

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Names, Personal

Combpyne contributors to a 1678 brief for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral.