Description
Ecclesiastical parish in the county of Devon but in the Diocese of Truro. Deanery of Trigg Major. Hundred of Black Torrington.
Grid reference: SX 35 90
Chronological Sequence
Sancti Egidii, 1291; Sent Jeels, 1524-7; St Jelys, 1545; Saynt Giles, Seinte Giles, 1569; St Giles in the Heath, 1581; St Giles on the Heath, 1642; St Gyles in the Heath, 1674; St Giles on the Heath, 1838; Saint Giles in the Heath, 1841; St Giles in the Heath, 1878; St Giles on the Heath, 1890; St Giles in the Heath, 1899
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Sancti Egidii : 1291
Sent Jeels : 1524-7
St Jelys : 1545
Saynt/Seinte Giles : 1569
St Giles in the Heath : 1581, 1841, 1878, 1899
St Giles on the Heath : 1642, 1838, 1890
St Gyles in the Heath : 1674
References
Capella de Sancti Egidii
In the Decanatus de Major Trigeschire.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p472, citing from 1291
Sent Jeels
Stoate, 1979b, p135, citing from 1524-7
St Jelys
Stoate, 1986, p108, citing from 1545
Saynt Giles
Seinte Giles
Howard & Stoate, 1977, p101, citing from 1569
St Giles in the Heath
Stoate, 1988, p42, citing from 1581
St Giles on the Heath
Stoate, 1988, p112, citing from 1642
St Gyles in the Heath
Stoate, 1982, p116, citing from 1674
St Giles on the Heath
In the hundred of Black Torrington, contains 53 houses and 301 inhabitants. It is a curacy in the patronage of the Crown.
Moule, 1838, p309
Saint Giles in the Heath
CRO, TA/71, 1841
St Giles in the Heath
In the Diocese of Truro.
CRO, P71/2/15, 1878 (*)
St Giles on the Heath : 1890
OS, 6", 1890
St Giles-in-the-Heath
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1626