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AXMINSTER, a '''town''', a '''subdistrict''', a '''hundred''', and a '''district''', in Devon; and a '''parish '''partly also in Dorset. The town stands on a rising ground, adjacent to the river Axe, above the influx of the Yarty, and contiguous to the Yeovil and Exeter railway, 25 miles E by N of Exeter. There are chapels for '''independents''', '''Wesleyans''' and '''Roman Catholics'''. The parish includes the tythings of Abbey, Shapwick, Smallridge, Trill, Uphay, West Water, Weycroft, and Wyke or Week, in Devon.<ref>John M. Wilson, [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=878850 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]'', (1870) Date accessed 11 June 2013</ref> | AXMINSTER, a '''town''', a '''subdistrict''', a '''hundred''', and a '''district''', in Devon; and a '''parish '''partly also in Dorset. The town stands on a rising ground, adjacent to the river Axe, above the influx of the Yarty, and contiguous to the Yeovil and Exeter railway, 25 miles E by N of Exeter. There are chapels for '''independents''', '''Wesleyans''' and '''Roman Catholics'''. The parish includes the tythings of Abbey, Shapwick, Smallridge, Trill, Uphay, West Water, Weycroft, and Wyke or Week, in Devon.<ref>John M. Wilson, [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=878850 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]'', (1870) Date accessed 11 June 2013</ref> | ||
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=== Civil Registration === | |||
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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