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Guide to '''Alwington, Devon ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.


{{England Parish Infobox
== Parish History  ==
| Place = Alwington
| default =
| image =
| caption =
| Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
| County = Devon
| Hundred = Shebbear
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Bideford/ Bideford]
| Registration District = Bideford
| PRbegin = 1549
| BTbegin = 1597
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Exeter
| Archdeaconry =  
| Archdeaconries =  
| Rural Deanery = Hartland
| 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]]
}}


== Parish History ==
ALWINGTON (St. Andrew), a '''parish''', in the union of Bideford, hundred of Shebbear, Great Torrington and N. divisions of Devon, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Bideford; containing, with the hamlets of Fairy Cross, Ford, and Woodtown. In the church, over the door of the chancel, is a curious ancient monument to a member of the Coffin family.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A.,[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50754 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 49-53. Date accessed: 04 June 2012.</ref>


ALWINGTON (St. Andrew), a '''parish''', in the union of Bideford, hundred of Shebbear, Great Torrington and N. divisions of Devon, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Bideford; containing, with the hamlets of Fairy Cross, Ford, and Woodtown. There is a parochial school; also a place of worship for '''Wesleyans'''; and almshouses for three poor persons. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50754#s20 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 49-53. Date accessed: 04 June 2012.</ref>
<br> fckLRfckLR== Resources ==fckLRfckLR=== Civil Registration ===fckLRfckLR&lt;br&gt;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. fckLRfckLR&lt;br&gt; fckLRfckLR=== Church records ===fckLRfckLR{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="20" | &lt;center&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;'''Online {{PAGENAME}} Parish Register Images and Indexes'''&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/center&gt;fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="2" | &amp;nbsp; fckLR| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="6" | &lt;center&gt;'''Baptisms'''&lt;/center&gt; fckLR| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="6" | &lt;center&gt;'''Marriages'''&lt;/center&gt; fckLR| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="6" | &lt;center&gt;'''Burials'''&lt;/center&gt;fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Earliest''' fckLR| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="6" | &lt;center&gt;.&lt;/center&gt; fckLR| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="6" | &lt;center&gt;.&lt;/center&gt; fckLR| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="6" | &lt;center&gt;.&lt;/center&gt;fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#000000" align="center" colspan="20" | fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | '''Images''' fckLR| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="18" | fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="2" | fckLR| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="4" | fckLR| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="2" | fckLR| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="4" | fckLR| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="2" | fckLR| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#000000" align="center" colspan="20" | fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" rowspan="5" colspan="2" | '''Indexes''' fckLR| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="2" | fckLR| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="4" | fckLR| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="2" | 1549-1812 fckLR| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="4" | [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/misc-series FindMyPast]&lt;ref name="bmi"&gt;[http://web.archive.org/web/20101214095405/http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-bmi-parish-DEV.aspx 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,'] ''Origins.net,'' accessed 21 May 2012.&lt;/ref&gt; | bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="2" | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | |}


== Resources ==
Abstracts of bishop's transcripts (1628-1632) are online at [http://archive.org/stream/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog#page/n184/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free.<ref>Roger Granville and W.E. Mugford, ''Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish-Registers of Devon, 1596-1644'' (Exeter: William Pollard and Co. Ltd., 1908). Digitised by [http://archive.org/details/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog Internet Archive].</ref>


=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===
&nbsp;<br>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.


Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
<br>  
::*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''
::*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map
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::*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>


=== Civil Registration ===
=== Census records  ===


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.  
Overview, Include any unique information such as, the census for X year was destroyed, Collection in FHL and link to catalog, Online sites.  


=== Church Records ===
=== Probate records ===
''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br>
''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.


==== Church of England ====
<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.  
<font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br>
*<font color=blue>Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified<br>
*Dates in the following table are approximate </font><br>
'''''Hover over the collection's title for more information'''''
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
|-
| bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Alwington Online Parish Records'''
|-
| bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Devon
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CDevon 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CDevon 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CDevon 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Devon
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|1804330|1500s-1900s}}<br>{{RecordSearch|2345213|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1833719|1600s-1900s}}<br>{{RecordSearch|2345213|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|1804330|1500s-1900s}}<br>{{RecordSearch|2345213|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
 
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Findmypast Parish Registers-Devon ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/devon-baptisms 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/devon-marriages-and-banns 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/devon-burials 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-($)
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Findmypast Banns-Devon ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/devon-marriages-and-banns 1600s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Devon ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62286/ 1500s-1800s]  </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62287/ 1500s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62288/ 1500s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1800s-2000s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1800s-2000s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1800s-2000s]</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1800s-1900s]</center>
|-
|}
'''''Other Websites'''''<br>
These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>
*[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/devon-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Devon] ($)
*[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records
*[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] -  Links to online genealogical records
 
====Nonconformist Records====
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.<br>
*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/england-roman-catholic-parish-marriages England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages] at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary
*Independent/Congregational
*Wesleyan Methodist
 
=== Census Records ===
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>
 
=== Probate Records  ===
 
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Devon 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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There are many maps and gazetteers showing English places. Valuable web sites are:  
There are many maps and gazetteers showing English places. Valuable web sites are:  


*1851 Jurisdiction Maps <br>*Vision of Britain
*1851 Jurisdiction Maps  
*Vision of Britain


== Websites ==
== Web sites ==


Alwington on [http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Alwington/index.html GENUKI]
Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.<br>


== References  ==
== References  ==


{{reflist}} {{Devon}}  
{{Reflist}}  


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

Revision as of 11:37, 4 June 2012

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Parish History[edit | edit source]

ALWINGTON (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Bideford, hundred of Shebbear, Great Torrington and N. divisions of Devon, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Bideford; containing, with the hamlets of Fairy Cross, Ford, and Woodtown. In the church, over the door of the chancel, is a curious ancient monument to a member of the Coffin family.[1]


fckLRfckLR== Resources ==fckLRfckLR=== Civil Registration ===fckLRfckLR<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. fckLRfckLR<br> fckLRfckLR=== Church records ===fckLRfckLR{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="20" | <center><font size="+1">Online Alwington, Devon, England Genealogy Parish Register Images and Indexes</font></center>fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="2" | &nbsp; fckLR| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>Baptisms</center> fckLR| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>Marriages</center> fckLR| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>Burials</center>fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="2" | Earliest fckLR| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>.</center> fckLR| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>.</center> fckLR| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>.</center>fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#000000" align="center" colspan="20" | fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Images fckLR| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="18" | fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="2" | fckLR| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="4" | fckLR| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="2" | fckLR| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="4" | fckLR| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="2" | fckLR| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#000000" align="center" colspan="20" | fckLR|-fckLR| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" rowspan="5" colspan="2" | Indexes fckLR| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="2" | fckLR| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="4" | fckLR| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="2" | 1549-1812 fckLR| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="4" | FindMyPast<ref name="bmi">'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,' Origins.net, accessed 21 May 2012.</ref> | bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="2" | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | |}

Abstracts of bishop's transcripts (1628-1632) are online at Internet Archive - free.[2]

 
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[edit | edit source]

Overview, Include any unique information such as, the census for X year was destroyed, Collection in FHL and link to catalog, Online sites.

Probate records[edit | edit source]


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[edit | edit source]

There are many maps and gazetteers showing English places. Valuable web sites are:

  • 1851 Jurisdiction Maps
  • Vision of Britain

Web sites[edit | edit source]

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

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Lewis, Samuel A.,A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 49-53. Date accessed: 04 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Roger Granville and W.E. Mugford, Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish-Registers of Devon, 1596-1644 (Exeter: William Pollard and Co. Ltd., 1908). Digitised by Internet Archive.

Family History Library (FHL); now called, FamilySearch Library (FSL)

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