HEANTON-PUNCHARDON

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)]

"HEANTON-PUNCHARDON, a parish in the hundred of Braunton, county Devon, 4½ miles N.W. of Barnstaple, its post town and nearest station on the North Devon railway. The village, which is small, is situated on rising ground, near the mouth of the river Taw, which bounds the parish on the S. The soil and subsoil are loam and clay. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £394. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Exeter, value £431. The church, dedicated to St. Augustine, is an ancient stone edifice with a tower containing six bells. The interior of the church contains an ancient font of curious workmanship, with monuments of the Bassett family. The parochial charities produce about £14 per annum. There is a place of worship for the Independents. William Williams, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal landowner."