Barnstaple Holy Trinity, Devon Genealogy

England   Devon Devon Parishes

Guide to Barnstaple Holy Trinity, Devon ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
BARNSTAPLE HOLY TRINITY is part of BARNSTAPLE, or Barum a port, borough, market-town, and parish, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the hundred of Braunton, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 40 miles (N. W.) from Exeter. Another church, that of the Holy Trinity was erected. This edifice was consecrated in June, 1845. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, and Wesleyans.

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.

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Baptists
 * Society of Friends
 * Independents
 * Wesleyans

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.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Barnstaple Holy Trinity on GENUKI