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[[England]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Devon]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Devon Parishes]] | [[England]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Devon]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Devon Parishes]] | ||
Guide to '''Crediton, Devon ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | Guide to '''Crediton, Devon ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | ||
{{Infobox England Jurisdictions | {{Infobox England Jurisdictions | ||
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== Parish History == | === Parish History === | ||
CREDITON (Holy Cross), a market-town and '''parish''', and the head of a union, in the hundred of Crediton, and extending also into that of West Budleigh, Crediton and N. divisions of Devon. This place, which takes its name from its situation near the river Creedy, was for many years the seat of a diocese, of which a collegiate church founded here in 905, and dedicated to the Holy Cross, became the cathedral.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50904#s7 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 720-725. Date accessed: 03 December 2012.</ref> | CREDITON (Holy Cross), a market-town and '''parish''', and the head of a union, in the hundred of Crediton, and extending also into that of West Budleigh, Crediton and N. divisions of Devon. This place, which takes its name from its situation near the river Creedy, was for many years the seat of a diocese, of which a collegiate church founded here in 905, and dedicated to the Holy Cross, became the cathedral.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50904#s7 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 720-725. Date accessed: 03 December 2012.</ref> | ||
== Resources == | === Resources === | ||
==== Civil Registration ==== | ==== Civil Registration ==== | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
{{Reflist}} {{Devon}} | {{Reflist}} {{Devon}} | ||
[[Category:Devon]] | [[Category:Devon]] | ||