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== Parish History  ==
Guide to '''Ashford, Devon family history and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
 
{{Infobox England Jurisdictions
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| Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
| County = Devon
| Hundred = Braunton
| Poor Law Union = Barnstaple
| Registration District = Barnstaple
| PRbegin = 1701
| BTbegin = 1596
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Exeter
| Archdeaconry =
| Archdeaconries =
| Rural Deanery = Barnstaple
| Parish =
| Peculiar =
| Chapelry =
| Probate Court = Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
| Archdeaconry Court =
| Bishops Court =
| Prerogative Court =
| Archive = [[Devon Record Office]]
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=== Parish History  ===


ASHFORD (St. Peter), a '''parish''', in the union of Barnstaple, hundred of Braunton, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (N. W.) from Barnstaple. There is a place of worship for '''General Baptists'''; another, originally founded by the nonconformist divine, William Bagshaw, styled ''the Apostle of the Peak'', has been subsequently used by different sects.<ref>Lewis,Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50763#s14 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 85-88. Date accessed: 18 June 2012.</ref>  
ASHFORD (St. Peter), a '''parish''', in the union of Barnstaple, hundred of Braunton, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (N. W.) from Barnstaple. There is a place of worship for '''General Baptists'''; another, originally founded by the nonconformist divine, William Bagshaw, styled ''the Apostle of the Peak'', has been subsequently used by different sects.<ref>Lewis,Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50763#s14 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 85-88. Date accessed: 18 June 2012.</ref>  
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== Resources  ==
== Resources  ==
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=== Civil Registration  ===
=== Civil Registration  ===


<br>Births, marriages and deaths were kept by the government from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.  
Births, marriages and deaths were kept by the government from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.  
 
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=== Church records  ===
=== Church records  ===
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Overview, Include information for parish registers and Bishop's Transcripts, Contact information for the office holding the original records, Links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.


=== Census records  ===
=== Census records  ===
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=== Probate records  ===
=== Probate records  ===


<br>Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [county] Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.  
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [county] Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.  


== Maps and Gazetteers  ==
== Maps and Gazetteers  ==
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== Websites ==
== Websites ==


Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.<br>  
Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.<br>  


== References ==
== References ==


{{reflist}} {{Devon}}  
{{reflist}} {{Devon}}  


[[Category:Devon]]
[[Category:Devon]]
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