Haccombe

Haccombe is a hamlet and historic manor in Devon, situated 2 1/2 miles east of Newton Abbot, in the south of the county. It was perhaps the smallest parish in England, and was said in 1810 to be remarkable for containing only two inhabited houses, namely the manor house known as Haccombe House and the parsonage. Haccombe House, is a "nondescript Georgian structure", built ca. 1800 but a mediaeval mansion house existed previously on the site. Next to the manor house is the small parish church dedicated to Saint Blaise, remarkable for the many ancient stone sculpted effigies and monumental brasses it contains, amongst the best in Devon. The benefice is occupied by an incumbent with the rare title of Archpriest. The archpresbytery was established in 1341 with six clergy; only the archpriest survived at the Reformation. The parish is combined with that of Stoke-in-Teignhead with Combe-in-Teignhead. Haccombe with Combe is a civil parish in the Teignbridge local government district

The manor was the seat of important branches of the Courtenay and Carew families.

The descent of the manor of Haccombe was as follows:

The earliest recorded holder of the manor was the de Haccombe family, which as was usual took its surname from the manor.

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