Abbotskerswell is located within Teignbridge local authority area. Historically it formed part of Haytor Hundred. It falls within Mortenhampstead 1 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. In 1641/2 74 adult males signed the Protestation returns.

A parish history file is held in Newton Ab & Kingskerswell 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 Abbotskerswell area on Donn's one inch to the mile survey of 1765.

On the County Series Ordnance Survey mapping the area is to be found on 1:2,500 sheet 115/3 Six inch (1:10560) sheet 115NE
The National Grid reference for the centre of the area is SX857688. On the post 1945 National Grid Ordnance Survey mapping the sheets are: 1:10,000 (six inch to a mile: sheet SX86NE, 1:25,000 mapping: sheet Explorer 031, Landranger (1:50,000) mapping: sheet 202. Geological sheet 339 also covers the area.

Extract from Devon by W.G.Hoskins (1954), included by kind permission of the copyright holder:

ABBOTSKERSWELL was held by the abbot of Horton in Dorset in 1086. The church (St. Mary) is mainly 15th century with some remains of 13th century work in the chancel. Font and screen are 15th century. The screen, much restored but very good, has a beautiful vine leaf enrichment of the cornice and excellent tracery. The attractive medieval statue of the Virgin Mary was found at the restoration of the church by Butterfield. The 16th century Church House is a good example of its kind.