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[[England]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Devon]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Devon]] [[Devon Parishes]] | |||
== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
BICTON (Holy Trinity), a '''parish''', in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of East Budleigh, Woodbury and S. divisions of Devon, 3¾ miles (W. S. W.) from Sidmouth. The possessor of the manor was formerly obliged to "find a county gaol," but was discharged from that obligation by an act of parliament, within the last fifty years.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A.,[[ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50797|''A Topographical Dictionary of England'']] (1848), pp. 233-237. Date accessed: 01 August 2012.</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 (1620-1639) are online at [http://archive.org/stream/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog#page/n110/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 (1620-1639) are online at [http://archive.org/stream/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog#page/n110/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 (1631) are online at [http://archive.org/stream/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog#page/n202/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free.<ref name="rog"/> | Abstracts of bishop's transcripts (1631) are online at [http://archive.org/stream/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog#page/n202/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 === | ||
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Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.<br> | Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.<br> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Devon]] | [[Category:Devon]] | ||