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''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Devon]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Dorset]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Devon Parishes|Devon Parishes]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Dorset Parishes|Dorset Parishes]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Axminster, Devon|Axminster]]'' | |||
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'''Part of this parish is in Dorset. See also [[Axminster, Dorset|Axminster, Dorset]].'''<br> | |||
== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Axminster is an ancient parish, partly in Devon and partly in Dorset. Axminster, par. and market town, in the above hundred. Axminster is an ancient parish, partly in Devon and partly in Dorset, and is on river Axe, 25 miles NE. of Exeter and 144 miles SW. of London by rail, 7058 ac., Pop. 2872.<ref>Wilson, John M., Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales, publ. London and Edinburgh: 1870; http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/index.jsp</ref> | Axminster is an ancient parish, partly in Devon and partly in Dorset. Axminster, par. and market town, in the above hundred. Axminster is an ancient parish, partly in Devon and partly in Dorset, and is on river Axe, 25 miles NE. of Exeter and 144 miles SW. of London by rail, 7058 ac., Pop. 2872.<ref>Wilson, John M., Imperial Gazetteer of England &amp; Wales, publ. London and Edinburgh: 1870; http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/index.jsp</ref> | ||
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== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
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<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. | <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. | ||
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=== Church records === | === Church records === | ||
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Abstracts of bishop's transcripts (1606-1636) are online at [http://archive.org/stream/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog#page/n60/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free.<ref name="rog">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> | Abstracts of bishop's transcripts (1606-1636) are online at [http://archive.org/stream/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog#page/n60/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free.<ref name="rog">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> | ||
Abstracts of bishop's transcripts (1634-1635) are online at [http://archive.org/stream/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog#page/n194/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free.<ref name="rog"/> | Abstracts of bishop's transcripts (1634-1635) are online at [http://archive.org/stream/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog#page/n194/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free.<ref name="rog" /> | ||
<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. | <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. | ||
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=== Census records === | === Census records === | ||