Withycombe Raleigh with Exmouth All Saints Devon Family History Guide

Withycombe Raleigh with Exmouth All Saints is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Devon, created in 1850 from a chapelry in East Budleigh Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Exmouth All Saints and Hulham.

Alternative names: Exmouth St John in the Wilderness, Withycombe Raleigh, Withycombe Rawleigh

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1562
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Christians, Independent/Congregational, Plymouth Brethren, Protestant Dissenters, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WITHYCOMBE-RAWLEIGH, a village and a parish in St. Thomas district, Devon.

The village stands 1¼ mile NE of Exmouth r. station, and has a post-office under Exmouth, Devon.

The parish includes Hulham hamlet and part of Exmouth town. Acres, 2,617; of which 635 are water. Real property, £8,833; of which £87 are in gasworks. Pop in 1851, 1,811; in 1861, 2,145, of whom 1,567 were in Exmouth. Houses, 357. The property is much subdivided. There are many fine residences.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £210. Patron, the Hon. M. Rolle. The church was rebuilt in 1748; and a new church, in the decorated English style and cruciform, was built in 1864, at a cost of £6,000.

There are national schools, and charities £13.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Devon, Withycombe-Rawleigh – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions in the churchyard of Withycomb Raleigh, E. Devon
Author:    Stocker, Christopher J.; Church of England. Parish Church of Withycombe-Rawleigh (Devonshire)

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

England, Devon, Withycombe-Rawleigh – Church records ( 9 )
Baptisms, 1829-1837
Author:    Point in View Chapel (Withycombe-Rawleigh, Devonshire : Independent)

Births and baptisms, 1779-1837
Author:    Ebenezer Chapel (Withycombe-Rawleigh, Devonshire : Independent)

Births and baptisms, 1779-1837
Author:    Ebenezer Chapel (Withycombe-Rawleigh, Devonshire : Independent)

Births, baptisms, and burials, 1779-1837
Author:    Glenrochy Chapel (Withycombe Raleigh : Independent)

England, Devon, Withycombe-Raleigh, bishop’s transcripts, 1813-1847
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Withycombe-Rawleigh (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Parish register transcripts, 1562-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Withycombe-Rawleigh (Devonshire)

Withycombe Raleigh baptisms 1813-1839
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Withycombe Raleigh burial registers, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Withycombe Raleigh marriage registers
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Withycombe-Rawleigh – Church records – Indexes ( 5 )
Deanery of Aylesbeare
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Parish register printouts of Withycombe-Raleigh, Devon, England (Independent Church, The Point in View Chapel), christenings, 1829-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Withycombe-Rawleigh, Devon, England (Independent Church, Glenorchy Chapel) ; christenings, 1779-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Withycombe-Rawleigh, Devon, England ; christenings, 1562-1812
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Withycombe-Rawleigh, Devon, England ; marriages, 1562-1708
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Devon, Withycombe-Rawleigh – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessment for Withycombe-Rawleigh, 1781-1831
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Withycombe Raleigh lighting assessment : March 20th 1851
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Devon (England). Record Office

Administration

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