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== Parish History  ==
Guide to '''Woodbury with Exton, 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 = East Budleigh
| Poor Law Union = St Thomas
| Registration District = St Thomas
| PRbegin = 1557
| BTbegin = 1610
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Exeter
| Archdeaconry =
| Archdeaconries =
| Rural Deanery = Aylesbeare
| Parish =
| Peculiar =
| Chapelry =
| Probate Court = Court of the Peculiar of the Custos and College of Vicars Choral in Exeter; Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
| Archdeaconry Court =
| Bishops Court =
| Prerogative Court =
| Archive = [[Devon Record Office]]
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=== Parish History  ===


WOODBURY (St. Swithin), a '''parish''', and formerly a market-town, in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of East Budleigh, Woodbury and S. divisions of Devon, 3 miles (E. by S.) from Topsham. The navigable river Exe bounds it on the west.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51423#s19 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'', (1848). Date accessed and adapted: 27 August 2013.</ref>  
WOODBURY (St. Swithin), a '''parish''', and formerly a market-town, in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of East Budleigh, Woodbury and S. divisions of Devon, 3 miles (E. by S.) from Topsham. The navigable river Exe bounds it on the west.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51423#s19 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'', (1848). Date accessed and adapted: 27 August 2013.</ref>  
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==== Church records  ====
==== Church records  ====


{{PAGENAME}} parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
{{PAGENAME}} parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:  


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==== 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 ==


{{expand section|any additional relevant sites that aren't mentioned above}}  
{{expand section|any additional relevant sites that aren't mentioned above}}  


== References ==
== References ==


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{{reflist}} {{Devon}}  


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Revision as of 14:14, 12 May 2014

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Guide to Woodbury with Exton, Devon family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Woodbury with Exton, Devon
Type Ancient Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
Hundred East Budleigh
County Devon
Poor Law Union St Thomas
Registration District St Thomas
Records begin
Parish registers: 1557
Bishop's Transcripts: 1610
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery Aylesbeare
Diocese Exeter
Province Canterbury
Legal Jurisdictions
Probate Court Court of the Peculiar of the Custos and College of Vicars Choral in Exeter; Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
Location of Archive
Devon Record Office

Parish History[edit | edit source]

WOODBURY (St. Swithin), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of East Budleigh, Woodbury and S. divisions of Devon, 3 miles (E. by S.) from Topsham. The navigable river Exe bounds it on the west.[1]

and

EXTON, a hamlet in Woodbury parish, Devon.[2]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Birth, 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.

Church records[edit | edit source]

Woodbury with Exton, Devon Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

IGI = International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) - free[3]
Woodbury with Exton, Devon Genealogy Parish Online Records

Baptisms
Marriages
Burials

Indexes Images Indexes Images Indexes Images
IGI 1557-1837 1557-1837

Census records[edit | edit source]

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.


Probate records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Websites[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848). Date accessed and adapted: 27 August 2013.
  2. John M. Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) Date accessed: 27 August 2013.
  3. Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for Devon, England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 13 February 2014.