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== Parish History  ==
Guide to '''Pyworthy, Devon family history and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.


PYWORTHY (St. Swithin), a '''parish''', in the union of Holsworthy, hundred of Black Torrington, Holsworthy and N. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Holsworthy. The northern branch of the Bude canal intersects the north part of the parish, and the west branch passes near the west side; the road between Stratton and Holsworthy also runs through the parish. There are places of worship for '''Primitive Methodists''' and '''Wesleyans'''. <ref>Samuel A. Lewis, ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51226#s14 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 621-623. Date accessed: 2 August 2013.</ref>
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| Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
| County = Devon
| Hundred = Black Torrington
| Poor Law Union = Holsworthy
| Registration District = Holsworthy
| PRbegin = 1653
| BTbegin = 1610
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Exeter
| Archdeaconry =
| Archdeaconries =
| Rural Deanery = Holsworthy
| Parish =
| Peculiar =
| Chapelry =
| Probate Court = Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes
| Archdeaconry Court =
| Bishops Court =
| Prerogative Court =
| Archive = [[Devon Record Office]]
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=== Parish History  ===
 
PYWORTHY (St. Swithin), a '''parish''', in the union of Holsworthy, hundred of Black Torrington, Holsworthy and N. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Holsworthy. The northern branch of the Bude canal intersects the north part of the parish, and the west branch passes near the west side; the road between Stratton and Holsworthy also runs through the parish. There are places of worship for '''Primitive Methodists''' and '''Wesleyans'''. <ref>Samuel A. Lewis, ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51226#s14 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 621-623. Date accessed: 2 August 2013.</ref>  


== Resources  ==
== Resources  ==
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==== Church records  ====
==== Church records  ====


==== Census records  ====
==== 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 ==


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== References ==
== References ==


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