The Archdeaconry of Barnstaple or Barum is one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the
Diocese of Exeter in the
Church of England.
History
The Diocese of Exeter was divided into four archdeaconries in Norman times, probably during the bishopric of
Osbern FitzOsbern (1072–1103):[1]
In 1782, it was noted that the archdeaconry contained the deaneries of Barum (Barnstaple), Chumleigh, Hertland, Shirwell, South Molton and Torrington.[2]
The archdeaconry currently comprises the following deaneries:
^Watkin, Hugh R., The History of Totnes Priory, Vol.2, Torquay, 1917, p.981
^Thesaurus ecclesiasticus provincialis; or, a survey of the diocese of Exeter: printed and sold by the editors, B. Thorn and Son. Sold also by Messrs. Rivington and Sons, and T. Evans, London; Fletcher, Oxford; and Merril, Cambridge, 1782
^"Sanderson, Rt. Rev Wilfrid Guy", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007
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