In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hennock like this:
HENNOCK, a village and a parish in Newton-Abbot district, Devon. The village stands near the river Teign and the Moreton-Hampstead railway, 3 miles WNW of Chudleigh, and 6 SE by S of Moreton-Hampstead; and has a post office under Exeter. The parish includes also the hamlet of Knighton. Acres, 3, 469. ...
Real property, £4, 164. Pop. in 1851, 894; in 1861, 1, 004. Houses, 190. The property is subdivided. The tract around the village is romantic, and abounds with lofty picturesque rocks; one of which, called the Botter rock, commands an extensive view. Tin and iron ore are plentiful. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Knighton, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £233.* Patron, the Rev. R. W. Riley. The church is early perpendicular English, and has a turretted tower. There are a chapel of ease, in the early English style, at Knighton; a small Wesleyan chapel, in Hennock village; and a national school.
Hennock through time
Hennock is now part of Teignbridge district. Click here for graphs and data of how Teignbridge has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hennock itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hennock, in Teignbridge and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5259
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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