Devon is bounded, North by the Irish Sea, East by Somerset and Dorsetshire, South by the English Channel, and West by Cornwall. It is 73 miles long, and 63 broad. It is divided into 31 Hundreds : — Axminster, Bampton, Black-Torrington, Braunton, Budleigh, Cliston, Coleridge, Collyton, Crediton, Ermington, Eiminster, Fremington, Halburton, Hartland, Hayririge, Haytor, Hemiock, Lyfton, South-Molton, St. Mary- Ottery, Plympton, Roborough, Shebbear, Sherwill, Stanborougb, Tavistock, Tawton and Winckley, Teignbridge, Tiverton, Witheridge, and Wonford. Rivers, — the Tamar, the Exe, the Taw, the Lad, the Oke, the Teem, the Torridge, and the Dart. It has 1 City, and 34 Market-Towns. It is in the Province of Canterbury, in the Diocese or Exeter, and in the Western Circuit. It contains 2579 square miles, or 1,650,560 acres, and 465 parishes. Population, 533,460.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
Tracing Your West Country Ancestors (Family History (Pen & Sword)) by Kirsty Gray
Court, Land, Wills & Financial
Pallot’s Marriage Index, 1780-1837
England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912
England, Devon Bishop’s Transcripts, 1558-1887
England, Devon and Cornwall Marriages, 1660-1912
International Genealogical Index
FamilySearch Catalog – Online Records
1939 Register – Find out what your ancestors were doing on the eve of WW2 by searching the 1939 Register on Findmypast
Boyd’s Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850
Devon Marriages 1507 to 2002 – Discover your ancestor’s name, marriage date, spouse’s name, and parish
Devon Banns 1629 to 1918 – Discover your ancestor’s name, banns dates, intended spouse’s name, and parish.
Devon Registers & Records – This collection currently comprises one title: Parish Registers of Hemyock, 1635-1837.
Devon Social & Institutional Records
– Find paupers and vagrants, apprentices, peddlers and tradesmen.
Discover if they got married, were vaccinated against smallpox or got
Christmas presents while their father was fighting WW1. More than two
centuries of social history to find rare details of the lives of
ordinary people.
Devon Wills Index, 1163-1999
– includes people who were either born or died in Devon. The collection
includes information about 295,609 wills, proved across 30 courts. Free
Devon, Land Tax and Valuation Records
Devon, Plymouth & West Devon Apprentices 1570-1910 – Discover your ancestor’s address, parent’s names, master’s name and date of indenture.
Devon, Plymouth & West Devon Electoral Registers 1780-1973
Devon, Plymouth & West Devon Parish Chest Records 1556-1950 – Discover if your ancestor stayed in the workhouse, received parish relief or appeared in the churchwardens’ account books
Devon, Plymouth & West Devon Parish Registers
Devon, Plymouth Borough Records 1519-1905
Devon, Plymouth Plague Rate 1626-1629
Devon, Plymouth Prison Records 1832-1919 – Was your ancestor a prisoner or prison officer in Devon in the nineteenth or early twentieth century?
Devon, Port Books – Records of ships administered in the Devon ports of Appledore, Barnstaple, and Bideford between 1595-1705.
Devon, Tavistock Borough Court Luxton Manuscripts, 1839-1896 – Did your ancestor live in Tavistock in West Devon between 1839 and 1896?
Plymouth & West Devon Rate Books 1598- 1933 – discover if your ancestor rented or owned property
Plymouth Militia Records 1625 – 1831 – The records are for the following parishes St Budeaux, Ugborough, Wembury and Yealmpton.
Plymouth Second World War Records 1939-1945
– These records include rolls of honour, civil defence personnel lists,
air raid precaution administration workers and lists pertaining to the
surrender of Anderson shelters.
Plymouth Subscribers For Redemption Of Captives In Turkey and Algiers 1680
– Discover if your ancestors from Devon, England raised money to pay
the ransom fee to free men and women held as slaves by Barbary pirates
in Turkey and Algiers.
US Servicemen In North Devon, England 1943-1945
The following historical newspapers cover the Devon area:
Barnstaple Times and North Devon News
Bright’s Intelligencer and Arrival List
Dartmouth & South Hams Chronicle
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette Daily Telegrams
Hartland and West Country Chronicle
Royal Devonport Telegraph, and Plymouth Chronicle
Sidmouth Journal and Directory
Tiverton Gazette (Mid-Devon Gazette)
Torbay Express and South Devon Echo
Torquay Directory and South Devon Journal
Torquay Times, and South Devon Advertiser
Western Courier, West of England Conservative, Plymouth and Devonport Advertiser
Barnstaple Times and North Devon News
Bright’s Intelligencer and Arrival List
Dartmouth & South Hams Chronicle
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette Daily Telegrams
Hartland and West Country Chronicle
Royal Devonport Telegraph, and Plymouth Chronicle
Sidmouth Journal and Directory
Tiverton Gazette (Mid-Devon Gazette)
Torbay Express and South Devon Echo
Torquay Directory and South Devon Journal
Torquay Times, and South Devon Advertiser
Western Courier, West Of England Conservative, Plymouth and Devonport Advertiser
Historical Research Using British Newspapers by Denise Bates
Calendar
of Wills and Administrations Relating to the Countries of Devon and
Cornwall: Proved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Exeter;
1532-1800 (Classic Reprint) by Edward Alexander Fry
Devon by W.G. Hoskins
Lost Devon: Devon’s Lost Heritage (The Lost Series) (The Lost History Series) by Felicity Goodall
Images of England Dartmoor (Archive Photographs: Images of England) by Tom Greeves
Dartmoor From Old Photographs by John Van der Kiste
Dartmoor (Britain in Old Photographs) by Gosling
Devon at War 1939 45 (Towns & Cities in World War Two) by Derek Tait
Devon at War Through Time by Henry Buckton
The 2nd Devons War Diary by Martin Body
Devon and Its People Hardcover 1959 by W. G. Hoskins
The A-Z of Curious Devon by Gardner
Tin Mines and Miners of Dartmoor by Tom Greeves
Called Home: The Dartmoor Tin Miner 1860-1940 by Tom Greeves
South Devon Place Names by Anthony Poulton-Smith
We Will Remember Them: Devon & Cornwall Constabulary Roll of Honour 1914-1918 by Mark Rothwell
Rum, Sodomy and the Lash: A Devon Lad’s Life in Nelson’s Navy by Edward Anthony Blackmore
The Old Parish Churches of Devon by Mike Salter
Shipwrecks of the Devon Coast by Richard Larn
Devon Pubs: A Pictorial Retrospective by Andrew Swift and Kirsten Elliott
Cheriton Bishop is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon. Other places in the parish include: Cheriton Cross and Crockernwell. Parish church: Parish registers begin: 1538 Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist Parishes adjacent to Cheriton Bishop Dunsford Crediton Tedburn St Mary Drewsteignton Hittisleigh Historical Descriptions Cheriton Bishop Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 …
Chelson Meadow is an extra-parochial place. Parish church: Parish registers begin: Nonconformists include: Parishes adjacent to Chelsea Meadow Plymouth Charles Plymstock Plympton St Mary Historical Descriptions Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 Chelsea-Meadow, an extra-parochial tract in Plympton-St. Mary district, Devon; 4 ¾ miles ENE of Plymouth. Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England …
Cheldon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon. Parish church: Parish registers begin: 1673 Nonconformists include: Parishes adjacent to Cheldon Chumleigh West Worlington Chawleigh Historical Descriptions Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 CHELDON, a parish in South Molton district, Devon; on the river Dart, 3 miles ESE of Chumleigh, and 5 …
Budleigh Salterton is a chapelry of East Budleigh Ancient Parish in Devon. Other places in the parish include: Knowle. Parish church: Parish registers begin: 1856 Nonconformists include: Parishes adjacent to Budleigh Salterton Otterton Littleham cum Exmouth East Budleigh [su_gmap address=”Budleigh Salterton, Devon” zoom=”11″] Historical Descriptions The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870 BUDLEIGH-SALTERTON, a …
Chawleigh is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon. Alternative names: Chawley Parish church: Parish registers begin: 1544 Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Independent/Congregational. Parishes adjacent to Chawleigh Cheldon Wembworthy Eggesford Nymet Rowland Coldridge Lapford Chumleigh West Worlington Historical Descriptions Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 Chawleigh, or Chawley, a village …
Braunton with Saunton and Knowle is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon. Other places in the parish include: Saunton and Knowle. Parish church: Parish registers begin: 1538 Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Plymouth Brethren, and Wesleyan Methodist. Parishes adjacent to Braunton West Down Georgeham Heanton Punchardon Marwood Historical Descriptions Braunton The Imperial Gazetteer of England …
Bow is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Devon. Alternative names: Nymet Tracey Parish church: Parish registers begin: 1604 Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian Unitarian, and Society of Friends/Quaker. Parishes adjacent to Bow Clannaborough Zeal Monachorum North Tawton Spreyton Drewsteignton Hittisleigh Colebrooke [su_gmap address=”Bow, Devon” zoom=”11″] Historical Descriptions The Imperial Gazetteer …