Uffculme, Devon Family History Guide

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Uffculme is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Other places in the parish include: Ashill.

Parish church: St Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1591

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian, Society of Friends/Quaker, Unitarian, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Uffculme Parish Registers

Uffculme Marriages 1538-1837

The Uffculme Marriages 1538-1837 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Marriages at Uffculme 1538-1837 Devonshire Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 1. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Published London 1909.

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Marriages at Uffculme 1538-1837 Devonshire Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 1. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Published London 1909.

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

UFFCULME, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Tiverton district, Devon. The village stands on the river Culm, 2¾ miles NE of Tiverton-Junction r. station; was anciently called Upculm; was long, from 1266, a market-town; carries on malting, brewing, and woollen manufacture; and has a post-office under Cullompton, and three annual fairs. 

The parish contains also 8 hamlets, and comprises 6,122 acres. Real property, £11,555. Pop., 2,020. Houses, 441. The manor belongs to the Duchy of Lancaster. Bradfield House has belonged, since the time of King John, to the family of Walrond. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £350. Patron, the Prebendary of Uffculme. The church was recently restored and enlarged, and the tower and spire rebuilt. There are an Independent chapel, two Baptist chapels, an endowed grammar-school with £47 a year, a national school, and charities £11. The sub-district contains 5 parishes. Acres, 17,778. Pop., 5,229. Houses, 1,128.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Tiverton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Uffculme
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – None, Post-1846 – Tiverton
  • Poor Law Union: Tiverton
  • Hundred: Bampton (Devon)
  • Province: Canterbury