Heanton Punchardon
Heanton Punchardon is located within North Devon local authority area. Historically it formed part of Braunton Hundred. It falls within Barnstaple Deanery for ecclesiastical purposes. The Deaneries are used to arrange the typescript Church Notes of B.F.Cresswell which are held in the Westcountry Studies Library. The population was 418 in 1801 404 in 1901 . Figures for other years are available on the local studies website. In 1641/2 142 adult males signed the Protestation returns.
A parish history file is held in Braunton Library. You can look for other material on the community by using the place search on the main local studies database. Further historical information is also available on the Genuki website.
Maps: The image below is of the Heanton Punchardon area on Donn's one inch to the mile survey of 1765.
