Exeter St Thomas, Devon Genealogy

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Parish History
THOMAS, ST., THE APOSTLE, a parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Wonford, Wonford and S. divisions of Devon, ½ a mile (S. by W.) from Exeter contains also the chapelry of Oldridge. The parish is bounded on the north-east by the river Exe, from which the Exeter canal passes to the south. The church, erected in 1412, and enlarged in 1829, is in the later English style. At Oldridge is a separate incumbency, and a chapel has been erected at the village of Exwick. Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 328-330. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51334

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Devon Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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