Eggesford, Devon Genealogy
Guide to Eggesford, Devon ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Eggesford, Devon | |
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| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | North Taunton with Winkleigh |
| County | Devon |
| Poor Law Union | Crediton |
| Registration District | Crediton |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1594 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1607 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Chumleigh |
| Diocese | Exeter |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple |
| Location of Archive | |
| Devon Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History
EGGESFORD, a parish, in the union of Crediton, hundred of North Tawton, South Molton and N. divisions of Devon, 2½ miles (S.) from Chulmleigh.[1]
Resources
Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church records
Eggesford, Devon Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| FMP = Devon Parish Records (findmypast) - (£)[2] |
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Non-Conformist Churches
None
Census records
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
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.
Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
Eggesford on GENUKI
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 150-154. Date Accessed: 2 July 2013
- ↑ 'Devon Parish Records Coverage,' Findmypast, accessed 15 November 2014.
