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== Parish History == | Guide to '''Parracombe, 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 = Sherwill | |||
| Poor Law Union = Barnstaple | |||
| Registration District = Barnstaple | |||
| PRbegin = 1687 | |||
| BTbegin = 1597 | |||
| Province = Canterbury | |||
| Diocese = Exeter | |||
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| Rural Deanery = Shirwell | |||
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| Probate Court = Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple | |||
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| Archive = [[Devon Record Office]] | |||
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=== Parish History === | |||
PARRACOMBE, a '''parish''', in the union of Barnstaple, hundred of Sherwell, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 12 miles (N. E.) from Barnstaple. The parish comprises 3791 acres, of which 1637 are common or waste land. <ref>Samuel A. Lewis, ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51204#s18 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'', (1848). Date accessed and adapted: 30 October 2013.</ref> | PARRACOMBE, a '''parish''', in the union of Barnstaple, hundred of Sherwell, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 12 miles (N. E.) from Barnstaple. The parish comprises 3791 acres, of which 1637 are common or waste land. <ref>Samuel A. Lewis, ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51204#s18 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'', (1848). Date accessed and adapted: 30 October 2013.</ref> | ||
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==== Census records ==== | ==== Census records ==== | ||
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Revision as of 13:28, 5 May 2014
Guide to Parracombe, Devon family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Parracombe, Devon, England | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Sherwill |
| County | Devon |
| Poor Law Union | Barnstaple |
| Registration District | Barnstaple |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1687 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1597 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Shirwell |
| Diocese | Exeter |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple |
| Location of Archive | |
| Devon Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
PARRACOMBE, a parish, in the union of Barnstaple, hundred of Sherwell, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 12 miles (N. E.) from Barnstaple. The parish comprises 3791 acres, of which 1637 are common or waste land. [1]
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]
Parracombe, Devon, England Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Parracombe, Devon, England Genealogy Parish Online Records | ||||||
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| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| BOYD | 1597-1837 | |||||
| HATHI | 1597-1836 | 1597-1836 | 1597-1836 | |||
| IGI | 1597-1836 | 1598-1837 | ||||
| PALL | 1790-1837 | |||||
| WVR | 1597-1836 | 1597-1836 | 1597-1836 | |||
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]
Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848). Date accessed and adapted: 30 October 2013.
- ↑ Percival Boyd, A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index (London: Society of Genealogists, 1987). Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
- ↑ A.J. Skinner, ed., The Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials of the Parish of Parracombe, Devon, 1597-1836' (Exeter: Devon and Cornwall Record Society, 1917). Digitised by Hathi Trust - free.
- ↑ Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for Devon, England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 13 February 2014.
- ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
- ↑ A.J. Skinner, ed., The Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials of the Parish of Parracombe, Devon, 1597-1836' (Exeter: Devon and Cornwall Record Society, 1917). Digitised by World Vital Records - (£).