Goodleigh
Goodleigh is a village, civil parish and former manor in North Devon, England. The village lies about 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) north-east of the historic centre of Barnstaple. Apart from one adjunct at the south, it is generally a linear settlement.
The parish church of St Gregory is a grade II* listed building[1] with surviving ancient parts but was largely rebuilt in 1881.[2]
Manor
Robert Newton Incledon (1761-1846) of Yeotown, Goodleigh, purchased from the Rashleigh family the manor of Goodleigh,[3]
Historic estates
Combe
Combe was the residence of a junior branch of the
Acland family,[4][5][6] which originated in the 12th century at the estate of Acland, 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) to the south in the parish of Landkey. Two[7] 17th–century mural monuments survive in Goodleigh Church to members of the Acland family of Combe. The descent was as follows:[8]
- James I Acland of Combe,Holnicotein Somerset.
- Thomas I Acland (d.1635), eldest son and heir, who married Katherine Palmer (d.1622, buried Goodleigh) of Barnstaple.[10]
- James II Acland (1630-1655), grandson, who died without progeny. His mural monument survives in Goodleigh Church. He was the son and heir of Thomas II Acland (1609-1633) (whose mural monument survives in Goodleigh Church), (son and heir apparent of Thomas I Acland (d.1635) (whom he predeceased)) by his wife (whom he married at Braunton) Agnes Shepherd. Agnes survived him and remarried to Rev. Josias Gole.[11]
Yeotown
antiquarian and genealogist and Recorder
of the Borough of Barnstaple (1758–1796). It was demolished during his lifetime and today only one of the large gatehouse survives, since converted into a farmhouse known as Ivy Lodge.
References
- ^ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST GREGORY (1164580)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.458
- ^ Lysons, Magna Britannia, Vol.6: Devon, 1822, re Goodleigh
- Hoskins, W.G., A New Survey of England: Devon, London, 1959 (first published 1954), p.401
- ^ Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.332: "The Aclands have for a long time been lords of land in this parish"...(i.e. Goodleigh)..."which one of them gave to a younger son that married the heir of Hawkridge". In fact as shown by Vivian, p.3, the estate of Hawkridge in the parish of Chittlehampton had been inherited by the Aclands several generations earlier
- ^ For the pedigree of this family see Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.7
- ^ One of which is obscured by the organ
- ^ Vivian, p.7
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.7, (mis-spelled as "Corfe in Com Somerset"). The village of Corfe is in Dorset, and an estate called Corfe exists in the parish of Tawstock, Devon. James's daughter Joane is known to have married in Goodleigh Church, which seems to confirm her father's residence in that parish
- ^ Vivian, p.7
- ^ Vivian, p.7
- ^ Fice, J.E., History of Goodleigh, A North Devon Village, Barnstaple, 1982
- The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey.
External links
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