Starcross, Devon Family History Guide

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Starcross is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Devon, created in 1829 from Dawlish Ancient Parish and Kenton Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Dawlish St Paul

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1828
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1831

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

STARCROSS, a port and ecclesiastical district, in the parishes of Kenton and Dawlish, unions of St. Thomas and Newton-Abbott, hundred of Exminster, Wonford and S. divisions of Devon, 1½ mile (W. by N.) from Exmouth; containing 936 inhabitants.

This place is situated on the western bank of the river Exe, near its influx into the English Channel. The surrounding country is richly diversified; and on an eminence is a conspicuous landmark called Belvidere, erected in 1773 by the Earl of Devon, and consisting of a lofty triangular tower, with an hexagonal turret rising from each of the angles.

From the advantages of its situation, and the beauty of the scenery, Starcross is much frequented as a bathing-place; it is spacious and well built, and intersected by the road between Exeter and Teignmouth. A pleasure-fair is held on the Wednesday in Whitsunweek. The trade consists principally in the importation of coal and timber, for landing which a convenient quay has been constructed. Here is a station of the South Devon railway.

The living is a perpetual curacy, with a net income of £120; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, and Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. The church, which was consecrated on the 4th of February 1828, is a neat substantial structure containing 680 sittings.

An ancient chapel at Cofton, originally founded in the 14th century, and which had for nearly eighty years been in a state of dilapidation, was restored by the Earl of Devon to its pristine elegance, and opened for divine service on the 9th of January, 1839.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Devon, Starcross – Church records ( 7 )
England, Devon, Starcross, bishop’s transcripts, 1831-1863
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Starcross (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Starcross, parish registers, 1828-2000
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Starcross (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Parish register transcripts, 1828-1837
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Starcross

Starcross : burials, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Starcross baptisms, 1815-1840
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Starcross (Devonshire)

Starcross burial registers, 1828-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Starcross marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Starcross – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Starcross, Devon, England, christenings, 1828-1843
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Devon, Starcross – History ( 1 )
The Book of Dawlish : a history of Dawlish and Dawlish Warren with notes on the surrounding villages of Ashcombe, Cofton, Kenton, Mamhead, Powderham and Starcross
Author:    Griffiths, Grace; Mole, Christopher

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Newton Abbot; St Thomas
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Kenn
  • Poor Law Union: Newton Abbot
  • Hundred: Exminster
  • Province: Canterbury