Exeter St Thomas, Devon Genealogy
Guide to Exeter St Thomas, Devon ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Exeter St Thomas, Devon | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Wonford |
| County | Devon |
| Poor Law Union | St Thomas |
| Registration District | St Thomas |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1541; Separate registers exist for Exeter St Andrew beginning 1842 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1608 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Christianity |
| Diocese | Exeter |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter |
| Location of Archive | |
| Devon Record Office | |
View "A Comprehensive List of Parishes and Chapels of Exeter".
Parish History
THOMAS, ST., THE APOSTLE, a parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Wonford, Wonford and S. divisions of Devon, ½ a mile (S. by W.) from Exeter contains also the chapelry of Oldridge. The parish is bounded on the north-east by the river Exe, from which the Exeter canal passes to the south. The church, erected in 1412, and enlarged in 1829, is in the later English style. At Oldridge is a separate incumbency, and a chapel has been erected at the village of Exwick.[1]
Resources
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Cemeteries
- 1857-1957 Cemetery Registers for St.Thomas Cowick Street Cemetery, Exeter(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1877-1947 Cemetery Registers for St. Thomas Exwick Road Cemetery, Exeter(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Exeter St Thomas Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Devon | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Devon | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast Parish Registers-Devon ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Banns-Devon ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Devon ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | ||||||
| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Devon ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images; coverage may vary
- Wesleyan Methodist
The following non-Church of England denominations were located somewhere in Exeter, but the exact parish has not been identified:
- Baptist
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Countess of Huntingdon Methodist
- Independent/Congregational
- Jewish
- Plymouth Brethren
- Presbyterian
- Roman Catholic
- Society of Friends/Quaker
- Unitarian
Census Records
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
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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
Exeter St Thomas on GENUKI
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 328-330. Date Accessed: 2 July 2013