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== Parish History == | Guide to '''Awliscombe, 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 = Hemyock | |||
| Poor Law Union = Honiton | |||
| Registration District = Honiton | |||
| PRbegin = 1559 | |||
| BTbegin = 1606 | |||
| Province = Canterbury | |||
| Diocese = Exeter | |||
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| Rural Deanery = Dunkeswell | |||
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| Probate Court = Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter | |||
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| Archive = [[Devon Record Office]] | |||
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=== Parish History === | |||
AWLISCOMBE (St. Michael), a '''parish''', in the union of Honiton, hundred of Hemyock, Honiton and N. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (W. by N.) from Honiton. The church was erected about the time of Henry VI. It has a handsome stone screen, and a magnificent window finely ornamented. The remains of a large encampment supposed to be Roman, called Hembury fort are in the parish.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50771#s15 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848),pp. 116-120. Date accessed: 16 July 2012.</ref> | AWLISCOMBE (St. Michael), a '''parish''', in the union of Honiton, hundred of Hemyock, Honiton and N. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (W. by N.) from Honiton. The church was erected about the time of Henry VI. It has a handsome stone screen, and a magnificent window finely ornamented. The remains of a large encampment supposed to be Roman, called Hembury fort are in the parish.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50771#s15 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848),pp. 116-120. Date accessed: 16 July 2012.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 09:43, 16 April 2014
Guide to Awliscombe, Devon family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Awliscombe, Devon, England | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Hemyock |
| County | Devon |
| Poor Law Union | Honiton |
| Registration District | Honiton |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1559 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1606 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Dunkeswell |
| Diocese | Exeter |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter |
| Location of Archive | |
| Devon Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
AWLISCOMBE (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Honiton, hundred of Hemyock, Honiton and N. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (W. by N.) from Honiton. The church was erected about the time of Henry VI. It has a handsome stone screen, and a magnificent window finely ornamented. The remains of a large encampment supposed to be Roman, called Hembury fort are in the parish.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
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.
Church records[edit | edit source]
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 [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
Websites[edit | edit source]
Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848),pp. 116-120. Date accessed: 16 July 2012.