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[[England]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Devon]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Devon Parishes]] | [[England]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Devon]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Devon Parishes]] | ||
{{note|Part of this parish was in [[Dorset]] until 1844. See [[Axminster, Dorset|Axminster, Dorset]].}} | {{note|Part of this parish was in [[Dorset]] until 1844. See [[Axminster, Dorset|Axminster, Dorset]].}} | ||
== Parish History == | Guide to '''Axminster, Devon family history and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | ||
{{Infobox England Jurisdictions | |||
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| Type = [[Ancient Parish]] | |||
| County = Devon | |||
| Hundred = Axminster | |||
| Poor Law Union = Axminster | |||
| Registration District = Axminster | |||
| PRbegin = 1559 | |||
| BTbegin = 1606 | |||
| Province = Canterbury | |||
| Diocese = Exeter | |||
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| Rural Deanery = Honiton | |||
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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 === | |||
AXMINSTER, a '''town''', a '''subdistrict''', a '''hundred''', and a '''district''', in Devon; and a '''parish '''partly also in Dorset. The town stands on a rising ground, adjacent to the river Axe, above the influx of the Yarty, and contiguous to the Yeovil and Exeter railway, 25 miles E by N of Exeter. There are chapels for '''independents''', '''Wesleyans''' and '''Roman Catholics'''. The parish includes the tythings of Abbey, Shapwick, Smallridge, Trill, Uphay, West Water, Weycroft, and Wyke or Week, in Devon.<ref>Wilson, John M., [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=878850 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]'', (1870) Date accessed 11 June 2013</ref> | AXMINSTER, a '''town''', a '''subdistrict''', a '''hundred''', and a '''district''', in Devon; and a '''parish '''partly also in Dorset. The town stands on a rising ground, adjacent to the river Axe, above the influx of the Yarty, and contiguous to the Yeovil and Exeter railway, 25 miles E by N of Exeter. There are chapels for '''independents''', '''Wesleyans''' and '''Roman Catholics'''. The parish includes the tythings of Abbey, Shapwick, Smallridge, Trill, Uphay, West Water, Weycroft, and Wyke or Week, in Devon.<ref>Wilson, John M., [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=878850 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]'', (1870) Date accessed 11 June 2013</ref> | ||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
=== Civil Registration === | === Civil Registration === | ||
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 === | === Church records === | ||
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=== Census records === | === Census records === | ||
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=== Probate records === | === Probate records === | ||
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 == | == Maps and Gazetteers == | ||
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*Vision of Britain | *Vision of Britain | ||
== Websites == | == Websites == | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist}}{{Devon}} | {{reflist}}{{Devon}} | ||
[[Category:Devon]] | [[Category:Devon]] | ||