Loxbeare, Devon Family History Guide

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Loxbeare is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Alternative names: Loxbear

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1560
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1609

Nonconformists include: Presbyterian

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

LOXBEAR, a parish, in the union and hundred of Tiverton, Cullompton and N. divisions of Devon, 4¼ miles (N. W.) from Tiverton; containing 144 inhabitants.

The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £6. 14. 9½., and in the gift of Sir T. D. Acland, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for £112, and there are 20½ acres of glebe. The church has a rich Norman doorway and a font in the same style.

There was formerly a chapel at Leigh, in the parish.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Devon, Loxbear – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Loxbear, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Devon, Loxbear – Church records ( 5 )
England, Devon, Loxbear, parish registers, 1572-1983
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Loxbear (Devon); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Loxbeare, bishop’s transcripts, 1609-1854
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Loxbear (Devon); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Loxbear : baptisms 1813-1841
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Loxbeare burial registers, 1813-1983
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Loxbeare marriage registers
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Loxbear – Court records ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Loxbear, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

England, Devon, Loxbear – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessment for Loxbear, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Land tax assessment of Loxbear, 1798

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Tiverton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Tiverton
  • Poor Law Union: Tiverton
  • Hundred: Tiverton
  • Province: Canterbury