West Alvington, Devon Family History Guide

West Alvington formerly West Allington, an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon. South Milton, South Huish, and Malborough are chapelries of West Alvington.

Other places in the parish include: Bawcombe, Easton, Sorley, and Woolstone.

Alternative names: West Allington

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1558. The Parish Registers begin at 1558, and the only gap between 1596 and 1644 is in the Marriages, viz., from 23 July, 1625, to 30 April, 1643.
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Calvinist, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.

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A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ALVINGTON, WEST (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Kingsbridge, hundred of Stanborough, Stanborough and Coleridge, and S. divisions of Devon, 1 mile (W. S. W.) from Kingsbridge; containing 998 inhabitants. It comprises 3676 acres; the surface is very hilly, the soil chiefly arable, and a large quantity of peculiarly fine cider is made.

The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacies of South Huish, Malborough, and South Milton annexed, valued in the king’s books at £62. 16. 10½.; net income, £685; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. The glebe comprises 2 acres here, and 1½ in each of the parishes of Malborough and South Milton. The church contains some good screen-work in carved oak, and a beautiful monument to a member of the Bastard family, whose ancient seat has been converted into a farmhouse.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848