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[[England|England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Devon]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Devon Parishes]]  
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== Parish History  ==
Guide to '''Halwill, Devon family history and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
 
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| Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
| County = Devon
| Hundred = Black Torrington
| Poor Law Union = Holsworthy
| Registration District = Holsworthy
| PRbegin = 1695
| BTbegin = 1602
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Exeter
| Archdeaconry =
| Archdeaconries =
| Rural Deanery = Holsworthy
| Parish =
| Peculiar =
| Chapelry =
| Probate Court = Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes
| Archdeaconry Court =
| Bishops Court =
| Prerogative Court =
| Archive = [[Devon Record Office]]
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=== Parish History  ===


HALWELL (St. Leonard), a '''parish''', in the union of Totnes, hundred of Coleridge, Stanborough and Coleridge, and S. divisions of Devon, 5¼ miles (S. by W.) from Totnes. The parish comprises 3000 acres, whereof 815 are common or waste land.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51000#s14 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 383-387. Date accessed and adapted: 29 October 2013.</ref>  
HALWELL (St. Leonard), a '''parish''', in the union of Totnes, hundred of Coleridge, Stanborough and Coleridge, and S. divisions of Devon, 5¼ miles (S. by W.) from Totnes. The parish comprises 3000 acres, whereof 815 are common or waste land.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51000#s14 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 383-387. Date accessed and adapted: 29 October 2013.</ref>  


In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's described '''Halwill''' like this:
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's described '''Halwill''' like this: HALWELL, a '''parish''' in Holsworthy district, Devon; 6 miles SE by E of Holsworthy, and 10 NNE of Lifton r. station. Post town, Holsworthy, North Devon. Acres, 3, 426. Real property, £1, 153. Pop., 257. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. The surface is very hilly. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £210.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old and plain, with a tower; and recently was dilapidated. There is a '''Baptist chapel'''.<ref>Wilson, John M., [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4850 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]'', 1870-72. Date accessed and adapted: 29 October 2013.</ref>  
HALWELL, a '''parish''' in Holsworthy district, Devon; 6 miles SE by E of Holsworthy, and 10 NNE of Lifton r. station. Post town, Holsworthy, North Devon. Acres, 3, 426. Real property, £1, 153. Pop., 257. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. The surface is very hilly. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £210.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old and plain, with a tower; and recently was dilapidated. There is a '''Baptist chapel'''.<ref>Wilson, John M., [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4850 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]'', 1870-72. Date accessed and adapted: 29 October 2013.</ref>  
 


== Resources  ==
== Resources  ==
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==== Church records  ====
==== Church records  ====


==== Census records  ====
==== Census records  ====
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*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]


== Websites ==
== Websites ==


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== References ==
== References ==


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