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== Parish History  ==
Guide to '''Alverdiscott, 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 = Fremington
| Poor Law Union = Torrington
| Registration District = Torrington
| PRbegin = 1602
| BTbegin = 1607
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Exeter
| Archdeaconry =
| Archdeaconries =
| Rural Deanery = Hartland
| Parish =
| Peculiar =
| Chapelry =
| Probate Court = Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
| Archdeaconry Court =
| Bishops Court =
| Prerogative Court =
| Archive = [[Devon Record Office]]
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=== Parish History  ===


ALVERDISCOT (All Saints), a '''parish''', in the union of Torrington, hundred of Hartland, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 4½ miles (N. E.) from Torrington. This parish is situated on the old road from Torrington to Barnstaple. There is a place of worship for a '''congregation of Wesleyans'''.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, ''[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50754#s6 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 49-53. Date accessed: 28 May 2012.</ref>  
ALVERDISCOT (All Saints), a '''parish''', in the union of Torrington, hundred of Hartland, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 4½ miles (N. E.) from Torrington. This parish is situated on the old road from Torrington to Barnstaple. There is a place of worship for a '''congregation of Wesleyans'''.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, ''[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50754#s6 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 49-53. Date accessed: 28 May 2012.</ref>  
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=== Church records  ===
=== Church records  ===


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== Websites ==
== Websites ==


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Guide to Alverdiscott, Devon family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Alverdiscott, Devon, England
Type Ancient Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
Hundred Fremington
County Devon
Poor Law Union Torrington
Registration District Torrington
Records begin
Parish registers: 1602
Bishop's Transcripts: 1607
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery Hartland
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]

ALVERDISCOT (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Torrington, hundred of Hartland, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 4½ miles (N. E.) from Torrington. This parish is situated on the old road from Torrington to Barnstaple. There is a place of worship for a congregation of Wesleyans.[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]

AO = Internet Archive[2]
FREG = FreeReg.org.uk
ALVERDISCOTT PARISH (year) Online Records

Baptisms
Marriages
Burials

Indexes Images Indexes Images Indexes Images
AO 1617, 1624 None 1617, 1624 None 1617, 1624 None
FREG 1661-1754 None 1661-1837 None 1661-1754 None

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.

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]

Reference =[edit | edit source]

  1. Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 49-53. Date accessed: 28 May 2012.
  2. 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 Internet Archive.